Israeli Drones Over Afghanistan

Israeli-built drones will be seeing service in Afghanistan, courtesy of the Canadian military.

The Canadian Air Wing based at Kandahar Airfield just received its first Heron unmanned aerial vehicle. The drones -- built by Israel Aerospace Industries -- will prowl the skies over southern Afghanistan, where Canadian troops have been locked in particularly intense combat with a resurgent Taliban.

According to the ISAF news release, the surveillance planes will be used for scouting convoy routes and searching for roadside bombs.

Call Israel a serious, uh, Heron dealer. Both Turkey and India have struck deals for variants of the Heron UAV. Israel's Elbit Systems, another Israeli defense outfit, tooled up the Georgians with unmanned Hermes 450 reconnaissance plane. Now even the Russians are interested in acquiring pilotless spyplanes from Israel.
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