A Canadian Heron unmanned aerial vehicle sits on the tarmac at Kandahar Airfield in March 2009 before a surveillance mission. Canada's military plans to acquire armed drones by 2015. (Murray Brewster/Canadian Press)Armed Drones For Canada Years Away: Official -- CBC
A senior Canadian air commander says the military is at least five years away from acquiring armed drones.
Maj.-Gen. Yvan Blondin, the commander of 1 Canadian Air Division, says he believes it's likely to take that long before Canada acquires the unmanned aerial vehicles.
Blondin was making a rare visit to Kandahar Airfield, where he was briefed on Canada's air operations in southern Afghanistan.
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Update: Canadian Forces face long wait for armed drones -- Toronto Star
My Comment: The Canadian Air Force brass still like their big jets .... and the idea of diverting scarce resources to unmanned drones that are armed for missile strikes is a concept that will take some time for them to get use to.