The deadly drone that killed Qassem Soleimani weighs as much as an African elephant

• The MQ-9 Reaper drone is known for being one the deadliest unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the world.
• Most recently it carried out the air strike to assassinate Iran's Qassem Soleimani, who's funeral is today with more than a million marching to mourn his death.
• The drone weighs as much as an elephant, can fly higher than commercial aircraft yet be pin-drop silent a mere 250 meters from the ground.

The $4, or ‘Predator B’ drone has only one objective — to find, fix and finish its targets. One of the deadliest drones in US’ arsenal is used against ‘$4’. On January 2, it assassinated Iran’s military general, Qassem Soleimani.

Today, Soleimani’s funeral procession is $4 ever in Iran with more than a million people flooding the streets and chanting ‘Iran’s wearing black, revenge, revenge’.

The MQ-9 Reaper drone is regarded as one of the $4. Not just because of its speed and firepower, but also because of its stealth.

The successor to the MQ-1 Predator drone is capable of flying 250 metres off the ground without anyone below $4 unless they look it up.

The ‘M’ in its name stands for ‘multi-role’ while the 9 designates where it falls in the series of unmanned aerial vehicles ($4).

At the cost of $64.2 million per unit, the $4 has bought 93 of these deadly machines from the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems.

Here’s what makes the MQ-9 Reaper the world’s most feared drone: