It is not hard to understand that - a long-range - high endurance drone armed with a sophisticated air-to-ground weapon with a decent strike envelope, could be a formidable combo.

This is exactly what is being conceptualized.

A new plan for utilizing the MQ-9B SkyGuardian drone has been revealed by General Atomics. According to the proposal, the drone could be utilized as a launch pad for U.S.-Norwegian Joint Strike Missile or JSM.

This would be an interesting arrangement.


In this video Defense Updates analyzes why an MQ-9B SkyGuardian drone armed with Joint Strike Missiles would be a deadly combination?

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