US provides 85 Raven drones to Pakistan

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The United States will provide Pakistan with 85 small “Raven” drone aircraft, a US military official told Reuters on Thursday, a key step to meeting Islamabad’s calls for access to US drone technology.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, declined to disclose the cost or model of the non-lethal, short-range aircraft, which are manufactured by the US-based AeroVironment Inc.

A company spokesman said the Raven is used by US allies including Italy, Spain and Norway and is one of the most widely utilised unmanned aircraft in the world.

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Pakistan has been asking for drones for years. It really wanted Predator type drones to use against the Taliban they have been at war with. Unfortunately the Haqqani Taliban are not in that group.

The Haqqanis are proof that Pakistan claims of sovereignty issues are why they do not want the US attacking in Pakistan are bogus. If they were really serious about sovereignty they would be keeping the Haqqanis from using their territory to attack our forces in Afghanistan.
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