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Because the Reapers carry sophisticated technology, U.S. operators sometimes crash damaged Reapers into the ground or bomb them so that their sensors will be destroyed, military officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

A 2021 Loyola Law School report identified 18 such groups, known by names like the Grim Reapers, the Banditos and the Executioners.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024

The confirmation comes after reporters spotted MQ-9 Reapers, usually operated by American special forces, circling Gaza on Flightradar24, a publicly available flight-tracking website.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2023

Amelia Smith, an aviation researcher cited by the New York Times, said the Reapers typically loitered over the area for about three hours, flying at an altitude of about 25,000 feet.

From Reuters • Nov. 3, 2023

Lord Quellon, White Widow, Lamentation, Woe, Leviathan, Iron Lady, Reapers Wind, and War- hammer, with six more ships behind, two of them storm- wracked and under tow.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin