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Germany blows 600 million euros for a now dead drone deal.
Last edited Fri May 17, 2013, 08:46 PM - Edit history (1)
Germany has canceled plans to buy and modify US-manufactured Global Hawk surveillance drones for 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion), a defense ministry source said on Tuesday (14.05.2013). Germany had no hope seeing it approved after reported European safety concerns. Some 600 million euros were already spent on a prototype - Germany was expected to pay another 500 million euros for four additional drones.
apparently NATO has been the instigator of the drone buildup:
Q: Germany is usually reluctant to engage militarily abroad - or to even put its badge on military projects. Why was the Euro Hawk so important?
A:Germany committed itself within the framework of the NATO "Ground Surveillance" program to make a relevant amount of surveillance drones available. That's the German contribution.
A:Germany committed itself within the framework of the NATO "Ground Surveillance" program to make a relevant amount of surveillance drones available. That's the German contribution.
all in all an interesting read, and nice to know drones are being blocked at least in some places.
http://www.dw.de/germanys-nato-drone-project-hits-eu-snags/a-16814247
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