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  • Reapers, known as "hunter-killer" drones, have a range of about 1,115 miles and Arba Minch is about 300 miles south of the capital Addis Ababa.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The Reapers - known as "hunter-killer" drones for their tracking ability - may be unmanned.

    The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Craig Whitlock 2011

  • Reapers, known as "hunter-killer" drones, have a range of about 1,115 miles and Arba Minch is about 300 miles south of the capital Addis Ababa.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Israel: A drone pioneer, Israel has surveillance and hunter-killer variants.

    U.S. Pursues Sale of Armed Drones Adam Entous 2011

  • But the Unites States decision to place American hunter-killer ballistic missiles, first strike missiles, 110 miles from the Chinese mainland, on soil that China sees, rightly or wrongly, as Chinese soil, is NOT within tolerable limits.

    Matthew Yglesias » A Piece of the Action 2010

  • WASHINGTON — The foiled mail bombing plot by suspected al Qaeda militants in Yemen has added urgency to an Obama administration review of expanded military options that include putting elite U.S. hunter-killer teams that operate secretly in the coun try under Central Intelligence Agency authority.

    Yemen Covert Role Pushed Julian E. Barnes 2010

  • But the Unites States decision to place American hunter-killer ballistic missiles, first strike missiles, 110 miles from the Chinese mainland, on soil that China sees, rightly or wrongly, as Chinese soil, is NOT within tolerable limits.

    Matthew Yglesias » A Piece of the Action 2010

  • But the greatest shift both in tactics and mindset has been the embrace of the pilotless, hunter-killer aircraft known as drones.

    Drones Evolve Into Weapon in Age of Terror Siobhan Gorman 2011

  • It is not a “hunter-killer ballistic missile” (???) or a “first strike missile”, unless the first strike is aimed at PRC aircraft flying within range of Taiwan.

    Matthew Yglesias » A Piece of the Action 2010

  • The wording of my sentence: “the Unites States decision to place American hunter-killer ballistic missiles,” was incorrect.

    Matthew Yglesias » A Piece of the Action 2010

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