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Germany Approves Billion Euro Lease of Israeli Drones
The drones— which are unarmed due to intra-parliamentary opposition—are manufactured by state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries
10:1614.06.18
On Wednesday, the German parliament approved a deal worth over a billion euros to lease surveillance drones from Israel. The drones— which are unarmed due to intra-parliamentary opposition—are manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries, a state-owned aerospace and defense technologies developer. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the deal is a huge boon to Israel’s defense industry, and a mark of the strategic partnership between Israel and Germany.
The German parliament. Photo: Reuters