I didn't realise that drone losses were running so high.
Quote from L.A. Times newspaper
"Thirty-eight Predator and Reaper drones have crashed during combat missions in Afghanistan and Iraq, and nine more during training on bases in the U.S. — with each crash costing between $3.7 million and $5 million. Altogether, the Air Force says there have been 79 drone accidents costing at least $1 million each."
Full details here
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...150/8593.story
Better make that 10
MQ-9 Reaper crashes near El Mirage Airfield, California
That is an awful lot of high technology bits and pieces for the bad guys to play with or to sell to Iraq, China, North Korea, Somalian pirates or whoever is willing to pay the going rate. I realise some may well have been retrieved by special forces or destroyed by special forces or follow up air strikes, but not all of them ?
Hope it is of interest.
Be lucky,
David