[Ynet] La Belle France is in talks with the United States and Israel to buy intelligence-gathering drones to build up a modern fleet, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Sunday.
La Belle France's existing hardware is outdated and its military intervention in Mali this year has exposed its shortage of surveillance drones suitable for modern warfare. "We need this capacity in the short term. There are currently two countries in the world that build drones, the United States and Israel," Le Drian said on TV channel iTele.
| Golly -- natural gas, cutting edge computer stuff, cutting edge medical stuff, and now drones. There are a bunch of countries that would be a good deal more polite and accommodating to Israel, were their leaders wise men and women. |
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