The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) will formally induct unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into service for the first time in 2009, the chief of the PAF has told Jane's.
This comes five years after the PAF launched a programme to acquire UAVs for intelligence-gathering and reconnaissance operations.
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Israel is to seek the approval of the US government for a potential sale of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Russia, say sources, in what could mark the first Russian acquisition of advanced defence systems from Israel.
The requirement for reconnaissance UAVs stems from lessons learned by the Russian Army after the five-day war with Georgia in August over South Ossetia, in which Georgian forces operated Israeli Elbit Systems Hermes 450 medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) UAVs.
"The Russians realised during the fighting in Georgia that they are years behind in the area of UAVs," an Israeli defence source told Jane's on 20 November.
Uuuuuum, no offense but Russia had UAV capabilities (and intentions :-) ) for quite some time now.
ReplyDeleteI am now sure about their C4I mode of operation but they do have the tech and, boy, they are using it.
I think that the unnamed source is just BS
Not liking Russia (or Putin) is one thing. Underestimating those fellas is another :)
You are totally correct, Russian has had the intent of using UAV. They might have been using them (I would assume)...but I doubt their UAV are on par with the US versions. I would also assume that the Israel UAVs are more in line (if not build from shared design) with our Predator drones.
ReplyDeleteClearly, Russia has the ability to build and research such advanced drones..but that takes time and money. Why why research time, when you can get buy...