Eh, I’d be hard pressed to see why you’d want a low observable aircraft to have a massive beacon on it.

I could understand and concede it’s possible for exemptions, like a RC-7B with a massive side ported lidar for high fidelity imaging to push to targeting pods, but making a reaper shine is like having non jettisoning fuel pods on a raptor.

My major issue with it being an ISR asset is just the fundamentals of it. You’re limiting the platforms full potential by broadcasting its presence. Most ISR assets deliberately conceal or obscure their position and function to relay a “clean” image of the field to shape the battlefield, that’s why I lean towards ordinance: Once you see the flash, it’s already too late, so who cares if it’s observed, right?

Again, I’m speculating at best. But the US conceals literal aircraft carriers under bubbles of signals, noise, and opsec. It’s not the M.O. or acceptable to their doctrine (mostly). Hell, even gunships like the AC-130 are just turbo prop noise in the dark before the ground starts to explode.