The use of drones is controversial within the USA, but demand overseas is at its peak. The US Defense Department prepares to make unmanned aerial drones commercially available to 66 countries.
Washington / NationalTurk – If approved by US Congress and the State Department of United States of America, the Pentagon could soon be mass-selling the remote-controlled killing abd spying machines that have become a hallmark of America’s overseas wars to dozens of its allied countries.
Us drones sales is not a deal that’s likely to be cut without a sound, nevertheless, as the use of drones (UAVs) has become one of the most heated issues regarding the US military at home.
In 2011, however, the US Department of Defense put together a list of 66 countries they hope they will be cleared to sell drones too, and today the Defense Department states they are just as eager as ever to get the drones sale deal into motion.
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One of several the US Navy’s Northrop Grumman MQ04C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance(BAMS) Unmanned Aircraft Systems(UAS) is seen in a hangar July 31, 2012 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.
Countless watchdog groups have condemned the use of US drones, calling the aircraft responsible for the deaths of hundreds of innocent civilians. As recently as this past weekend, a US-led drone strike in Yemen was reported to cause fatalities for no fewer than 13 civilians. Even so, adding UAVs to the wish-lists of other countries could be a consideration favored by much of Washington administration, especially those who have feared than planned budget cuts will nix billions from the Pentagon’s budget over the next ten years.
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2011, US weapons exports amounted $66.3 billion worth of deals due to sales to the United States’ allies, the largest figure ever to come through arms sales. Just last month, a Congressional Research Service report claimed that 2011 was “the highest single year agreements total in the history of the US arms export program,” and that trend could very well carry over, especially if UAVs are added to the list of inventory available to the allies.
Obama : Peacuful demeanor a ruse : He supports weapon sales, America’s most important export
Northrop Grumman Corp CEO Wes Bush states that the Obama Administration at White House is working to make it easier for his company and others to deal drones as part of their international arms exchange, but some roadblocks remain in place, regardless.
“I wish we were further along in getting that done. It’s slow, it’s painful, but we’re doing the right things to move in that direction,” Bush figures.
Earlier in 2012, the Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency deputy director, Richard Genaille, told attendees at the ComDef 2012 conference, “We don’t really have a comprehensive U.S. government policy” on drone exports, but one was already in the works.
“It hasn’t moved quite as fast as we would like, but we’re not giving up,” Genaille stated.
Turkey waits in line with USA holding its leash tight for getting US drones
In May, Turkish President Abdullah Gul told the state-run Anadolu Agency that the White House has expressed a “positive stance” over the sale of UAVs, and “They are trying to convince the Congress” before an agreement is made. Turkey is America’s base for control over troubled Middle east region.
In August, the US-based marketing company Teal Group estimated that “UAV spending will almost double over the next 10 years from current worldwide UAV expenditures of $6.6 billion annually to $11.4 billion, totaling just over $89 billion in the next decade.”
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