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Friday, November 22, 2013

Defence ministry buys four large unmanned aircraft for foreign roles

MQ-9 ReaperThe Dutch defence ministry is buying four unmanned aircraft from an American company at a cost of up to €250m.

The MQ-9 Reaper drones are being bought ‘off the shelf’ and must be fully operational by the end of 2017, defence minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert told parliament in a statement on Thursday.

The drones can also carry weapons but the Netherlands does not need that capacity at present, a ministry spokesman told Nos television later. ‘That is not the intention but it can change in the future,’ the broadcaster quoted the spokesman as saying.

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