The Hellfire missile is cheap and effective—but critics allege that it has given rise to a culture within US military leadership of using lethal force as a first resort. President Trump’s kinetic ...
At least nine MQ-9s are deployed to Puerto Rico’s Rafael Hernández Airport, each carrying between six and ten AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. U.S. Air Force MQ-9A Reapers deployed to Puerto Rico’s Rafael ...
The AGM-114 Hellfire began as a way to give helicopters the ability to kill armored vehicles from beyond the range of small arms. Conceived in the 1970s and fully developed by the 1980s, the Hellfire ...