The $32 million MQ-9 Reaper drone downed in the Black Sea after a run-in with Russian fighter jets on Tuesday is the same type of aircraft used by the CIA to kill Al Qaeda chief in Kabul in July, 2022.Equipped for long-range surveillance missions, the unmanned spy aircraft is controlled by two pilots on the ground - sometimes as much as 5,000 miles away -can fly for 20 hours, or 1,150 miles, and pick up intelligence from an altitude of up to 52,000 ft. officials said one was taken out of the sky by an 'unsafe and unprofessional intercept' by two Russian Su-27 fighter jets early Tuesday.
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