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Canada Moves To Increase Airlift, Add UAVs

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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

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The Canadian government plans to add helicopters for airlift capacity and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets. The measures were announced Aug. 5 by Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Peter Gordon MacKay, and Christian Paradis, Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada and Secretary of State for Agriculture. "This announcement is yet another example of how this government is providing the men and women of the Canadian Forces…

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