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  • Hellfires deliver roughly 20 pounds of high explosive.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Risk of Catastrophic Success In Gaza 2009

  • Hellfires, boy, we're all cowards at some time or another.

    Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010

  • Hellfires, that's been going on since before I became the Skybolts 'Captain, but it seems that just after you left, this lady organized every priestess and a lot of the Sunsguard, and made her revolt stick.

    Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010

  • In operation since 2006, the 36-foot-long Reaper boasts a cruise speed of around 230 mph, a 3,682-mile range, and a relative arsenal including Hellfires, Sidewinder missiles and 500-pound laser-guided bombs -- a potent enough package overall that the Air Force subsequently decided to train more pilots to fly aircraft from ground operations centers than from cockpits.

    Keith Thomson: How Iran's "Ambassador of Death" Compares to Other Drones 2010

  • "Hellfires no," the man exclaimed, wiping his face on the back of his arm and going back for another pull.

    Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010

  • In operation since 2006, the 36-foot-long Reaper boasts a cruise speed of around 230 mph, a 3,682-mile range, and a relative arsenal including Hellfires, Sidewinder missiles and 500-pound laser-guided bombs -- a potent enough package overall that the Air Force subsequently decided to train more pilots to fly aircraft from ground operations centers than from cockpits.

    Keith Thomson: How Iran's "Ambassador of Death" Compares to Other Drones 2010

  • But in this case, up to 12 of these powerful micro-weapons will someday replace the two Hellfires now capable of being mounted on a Predator, which means a future drone will have to come home far less often as it cruises the badlands of the planet looking for targets.

    Washington's Imperial Attitude: We Talk About Countries Like We Own Them 2009

  • Carter gutted humint intelligence, and now 30 years later our fearless leader thinks that a few drones with Hellfires will tip the balance.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Raiding Strategies with Predators 2009

  • But in this case, up to 12 of these powerful micro-weapons will someday replace the two Hellfires now capable of being mounted on a Predator, which means a future drone will have to come home far less often as it cruises the badlands of the planet looking for targets.

    Tom Engelhardt: Secretary Doomsday and the Empathy Gap 2009

  • The Predator is the UAV most civilians are familiar with, but only it and a newer craft called a Reaper — equipped with four Hellfires and two 500-pound bombs — are armed.

    Up in the Sky, An Unblinking Eye 2008

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