The system replaces a cumbersome legacy platform Marines have long used to defend the skies: The Man-Portable Air Defense System, or MANPADs.
Three U.S. soldiers were killed in the Jan. 28 drone attack on a U.S. outpost in northeastern Jordan called Tower 22.
Reports of drone sightings in the United States have ballooned in recent weeks.
The U.S. recovered parts of the downed Reaper and destroyed the rest.
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