(RIA Novosti-Russia) "We have bought 12 UAV systems from Israel, and 50 servicemen are currently being trained to operate them," Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said Monday during a meeting with his Israeli counterpart, Ehud Barak. Under the first contract, signed in April 2009, Israel delivered two Bird Eye 400 systems (worth $4 million), eight I View MK150 tactical UAVs ($37 million) and two Searcher Mk II multi-mission UAVs ($12 million). The second contract was for the purchase of 36 UAVs, worth a total of $100 million, to be delivered later this year.
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