The military 's use of drones in afghanistan has rapidly expanded in the past few years ; the united states air force now flies about 20 predator and reaper aircraft a day - nearly twice as many as a year ago - over vast stretches of hostile afghan territory .
Turkey wants more from its american friends , including cobra attack helicopters and armed reaper drones .
土耳其想从他的美国盟友那里得到更多包括“眼镜蛇”攻击直升机和“收割者”武装无人机在内的武器。
It can reach speeds of up to 530 mph , farfaster than its spindly predecessors , the predator and reaper .
它的时速高达530英里每小时,远远超过它细长形的前辈,“捕食者”和“收割者”。
Ground controllers picked an unpopulated area over northern afghanistan and the jet fired a sidewinder missile , destroying the reaper 's turbo-prop engine .
In the air in iraq and afghanistan , unmanned aircraft with names like predator , reaper , raven and global hawk have kept countless soldiers from flying sorties .