The announcement that testing is underway using GBU-38 JDAM guided-bombs with the American hunter-killer MQ-9 Reaper UAV didn't make a lot of general news coverage, but it is a reminder that drone warfare is getting much cheaper and more precise. At $20,000 each, the GBU-38 costs just a fraction of the $110,000 AGM-114 Hellfire missiles which the MQ-9 currently delivers, with the additional strength that it can be used in inclement weather.
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