German Defense Minister: Europe Needs Drones

Europe should work together to develop its own armed drones, and in the meantime the German Army should rent them. So said German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, according to an article published by Süddeutsche Zeitung on July 1.

“I am convinced that we should develop a European armed drone,” she told the newspaper the day before a question and answer session on the subject in the German parliament, July 2. “We’re looking for partners for the project, which will take at least a decade.”

Germany currently uses reconnaissance drones in Afghanistan but lacks any armed drones.

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