FreddyB Aviation Photography on Nostr: Sorry but they had them up during the George Floyd protests. The Reapers fly a ...

Sorry but they had them up during the George Floyd protests. The Reapers fly a octagonal pattern typically. These shots were from 2012 at the Nellis Open House. They had a older MQ-1 in orbit. We could not see it but they showed its take on a jumbotron

The border patrol version no doubt has better E/O performance.

As for arming them they are basically the same the CIA uses for plinking terrorists so the hard points are already built in.

What I do not know is if the BP has its own pilots or uses USAF/USMC/or CAANG to fly them. But transferring control to Creech AFB, NV would be a simple move and you would have pilots already trained to go weapons free

https://www.twz.com/33756/customs-and-border-protection-predator-b-drone-appears-over-minneapolis-protests