An MQ-9 Reaper armed with eight AGM-114 Hellfire missiles sits on the flight line at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Sept. 10, 2020.

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The U.S. military has used Hellfire missiles to kill high-value targets, including a senior Al Qaeda leader in Syria last year and Al Qaeda propagandist Anwar Awlaki in Yemen in 2011.

The U.S. military has routinely used Hellfire missiles to kill high-value targets, including a senior al-Qaida leader in Syria last year, and al-Qaida propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen in 2011.

The Hellfire missile is touted as being able to destroy any known tank in the world. It's a powerful missile that can be fired from the ground, sea, and air.

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Lockheed Martin AGM-114R multipurpose Hellfire missile. Credit: Lockheed Martin The U.S. Army is eyeing increased production of the Hellfire and Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM), with a ...

To make that happen it appears that planners decided to use modified versions of the Hellfire missiles that are the main weapons carried by MQ-9 Reaper drones.