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United Arab Emirates reaches deal to buy unarmed Predator drones
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-predator-uae-20130222,0,3067564.storyUnited Arab Emirates reaches deal to buy unarmed Predator drones
By. W.J. Hennigan
February 22, 2013, 12:47 p.m.
California-based General Atomics Aeronautical System Inc. said Friday it has struck a deal to sell unarmed Predator drones to the United Arab Emirates military.
The agreement would mark the first time a non-NATO country has obtained the American-made technology that’s reshaped modern warfare.
The deal has drawn scrutiny from critics who worry about the technology falling into terrorists’ hands or being used by governments against their own citizens.
Under the proposed sale, revealed this week at a defense conference in Abu Dhabi and confirmed Friday, General Atomics, of Poway, Calif., will sell an undisclosed number of the robotic aircraft to the UAE armed forces for $197 million.
unhappycamper comment: And Raytheon will be happy to sell them Hellfire missiles.