Drones that can be armed make sense, say experts

Drones have a negative connotation because of the image of strikes U.S. forces have carried out with them, but the positives of drones are numerous: they don’t have humans in them so they can fly for longer, and they weigh less, says defence analyst David Perry.

Use of drones is among the topics to be be addressed in a defence policy review, which Defence MInister Harjit Sajjan says should be done by the end of this year. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY DENIS CALNAN

May 22, 2016

Buying drones with arming capabilities makes sense to many defence analysts, because it offers more to Canada's allies in missions. However, the military may need to be more realistic in its expectations of what drones the government will invest in, while the government may want to consider bein...

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