DRONES Military Drones BY CECILIA PINTO MCCARTHY CONTENT CONSULTANT MICHAEL BRAASCH PHD PE THOMAS PROFESSOR OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING OHIO UNIVERSITY Kids Core An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdobooks.com
The MQ 9 Reaper drone can fly up to 50,000 feet 15,200 m above the earth
CHAPTER 1 A Direct Hit In 2017 an MQ 9 Reaper drone took off from Creech Air Force Base in Nevada It was on a test mission A pilot and a sensor operator sat in a ground control station GCS The pilot controlled the drone's speed and direction
