Sentences with phrase «german armed drones»
[For a good article on the different views on UAVs in Germany see here] The government has tried to refute these claims, especially the second, underlining that German armed drones would only be used in accordance with all rules of engagement and requirements currently applied to operations in Afghanistan.
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In 2002, at a cost of $ 168m and at a project run - time of almost 15 years, a German project to build a combat UAV — an armed drone «able to autonomously find, identify and attack enemy tank units, command posts and helicopters in a distance of up to 150 km — was cancelled.
In Germany, meanwhile, Chancellor Angela Merkel saw a small UAV flown by protesters crash - land in front of her at a political event, and a group of protesters staged a protest during a German parliamentary debate on the procurement of armed drones for the Bundeswehr.
That same month Germany decided to end production of the Euro Hawk armed drone that US defense contractor Northrop Grumman has developed and built for the German Ministry of Defence in cooperation with EADS Deutschland GmbH.