Comment: And WHY is this needed over America?"

When did American people become the enemy and the TARGET? Wake up America. You are being targeted for destruction because America is the only nation capable of opposing the NWO which has incidentally and parasitically set up office in Washington DC.

"Drone (also called the REAPER) Mission
The MQ-9 Reaper is an armed, multi-mission, medium-altitude, long endurance remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) that is employed primarily in a hunter/killer role against dynamic execution targets

and secondarily as an intelligence collection asset. Given its significant loiter time, wide-range sensors, multi-mode communications suite, and precision weapons --

It provides a unique capability to autonomously execute the kill chain (find, fix, track, target, execute, and assess) against high value, fleeting, and time sensitive targets (TSTs).

http://www.af.mil/information/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=6405