“The NATO-led air war in Libya in 2011 and the French military intervention in Mali this year have underscored France’s shortage of surveillance drones, which have transformed warfare in the past decade since being introduced on a large-scale in the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  In justifying the sale, the agency said it is ‘vital to the US national interest to assist France to develop and maintain a strong and ready self-defense capability’ and that the drones would bolster the intelligence and surveillance capability of France while also ensuring American and French forces can operate jointly.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/15/congress-oks-deal-to-sell-reaper-drones-to-france/

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