Outside The Wire - AFRICOM armed its Reapers in Niger in response to the Tongo Tongo ambush, to put armed ISR over SOF advisory missions. But also in response to Tongo Tongo, DOD heavily curtailed outside-the-wire missions in NW Africa, obviating that need—so now the armed Reapers are just…there. https://t.co/8b7iYk7whw

11:59am PST - December 23rd, 2021

AFRICOM armed its Reapers in Niger in response to the Tongo Tongo ambush, to put armed ISR over SOF advisory missions. But also in response to Tongo Tongo, DOD heavily curtailed outside-the-wire missions in NW Africa, obviating that need—so now the armed Reapers are just…there. https://t.co/8b7iYk7whw

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