According to reports by the US media on Thursday, India is trying to obtain US Predator Avenger drones, refered to casually as “Killing Machines”, which would allow it to remotely drop a bomb on any square inch of Pakistan.
Bloomberg news service acquired a copy of a formal request the Indian Air Force sent directly to the manufacturers, the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, in September.
Should the transaction go through, India will become one of the first countries to buy the drones.
“The unmanned aircraft … are sleek, fast, killing machines. From New Delhi they could hunt militants across Pakistan, and become a strategic consideration in border standoffs with China,” the report pointed out. Growing defence ties between the military establishments of the two countries increases the possibility of this sale.
India became the the second-largest buyer of US arms in 2014, up from virtually nothing five years ago.
