The MQ-9 Reaper (the Predator is primarily a surveillance platform, the Reaper is the H/K) is, compared to the 'Hog, greatly underarmed. While the A-10 can, in addition to the GAU-8 (which is vastly more lethal than simply going zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz) carry 15,000 pound of lethal party favors...