3 Drone launches laser-guided missiles at target. For such a surgical strike it is likely that someone on the ground highlighted the target with a laser targeting system
1 RAF RC 235 reconnaissance aircraft monitors phone and radio chatter to locate targets
2 Reaper drone, controlled from RAF Waddington, is launched from Ali al Salem air base in Kuwait
RAF
Waddington
Kuwait
Ali al Salem air base
100 km
100 miles
Raqqa
Turkey
Mosul
Damascus
Baghdad
Iran
Iraq
Syria
1 RAF RC 235 reconnaissance aircraft monitors phone and radio chatter to locate targets
2 Reaper drone, controlled from RAF Waddington, is launched from Ali al Salem air base in Kuwait
RAF
Waddington
Kuwait
Ali al Salem air base
100 km
100 miles
Raqqa
Turkey
Mosul
Damascus
Baghdad
Iran
Iraq
Syria
3 Drone launches laser guided-missiles at target. For such a surgical strike it is likely that someone on the ground highlighted the target with a laser targeting system
RAF
Waddington
Kuwait
Ali al Salem air base
100 km
100 miles
Raqqa
Turkey
Mosul
Damascus
Baghdad
Iran
Iraq
Syria
1 RAF RC 235 reconnaissance aircraft monitors phone and radio chatter to locate targets
2 Reaper drone, controlled from RAF Waddington, is launched from Ali al Salem air base in Kuwait
3 Drone launches laser-guided missiles at target. For such a surgical strike it is likely that someone on the ground highlighted the target with a laser
RAF
Waddington
Kuwait
Ali al Salem air base
100 km
100 miles
Raqqa
Turkey
Mosul
Damascus
Baghdad
Iran
Iraq
Syria
1 RAF RC 235 reconnaissance aircraft monitors phone and radio chatter to locate targets
2 Reaper drone, controlled from RAF Waddington, is launched from Ali al Salem air base in Kuwait
3 Drone launches laser-guided missiles at target. For such a surgical strike it is likely that someone on the ground highlighted the target with a laser