India Seeks Armed Drones From U.S. in Challenge to Pakistan
- India expresses interest in buying Predator Avenger drones
- Significant hurdles remain to completion of any sale
A Predator drone.
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India is vying to become one of the first countries to import armed Predator Avenger drones from the U.S., a move that would allow it to remotely drop a bomb on any square inch of Pakistan.
The unmanned aircraft manufactured by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. are sleek, fast, killing machines. From New Delhi they could hunt militants across Pakistan, and become a strategic consideration in border standoffs with China.