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British Army’s Elbit Hermes 450 UAVs Reach 7000 Flight Hours

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Using the UAV’s electro-optical/infrared payload, ISTAR missions have included identifying Taliban repeater stations, following insurgents from a contact back to their hideout and flying low over enemy combatants, causing them to retreat. Hermes air vehicles have flown 3,000h in Iraq and 4,000h in Afghanistan since last year, with the army saying there have been no [...]

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