[Strategy Page] Canada's decision to replace its French Sperwer UAVs with Israeli Herons and Skylarks has upset many Canadian politicians because Canada has spent over a quarter billion dollars on Sperwer in the past five years. According to the military, the Herons will give Canadian troops in Afghanistan better support than the Sperwer UAVs they had been using. Troops were envious of superior UAV types they saw in use by other nations. India has bought fifty of the Israeli-built Heron and used them successfully along the border with Pakistan in terrain and weather similar to Afghanistan.
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