Canadian military's new $2.49B armed drones to be operated from Ottawa
After more than two decades of debate, Canada’s air force finally has a green light to acquire armed drones.
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![In this image released by the U.S. Air Force, a fully armed MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle taxis down the runway at an air base in Afghanistan Nov. 4, 2007, on its way to another wartime mission. In the early months of his presidency, President Barack Obama's national security team singled out one man from its list of most-wanted terrorists, Baitullah Mehsud, the ruthless leader of the Pakistani Taliban. He was to be eliminated. An armed drone taxis down a runway.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7064014.1703009174!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/obamas-war-on-terror.jpg)
After more than two decades of debate, Canada’s air force finally has a green light to acquire armed drones.