The Norwegian government has decided to send 1,000 new sets of drones to Ukraine. This is specified Message Kingdom Ministry of Defence.
According to Norwegian Defense Minister Bjorn Arild Gram, Kiev is very pleased with previous deliveries from Norway of a reconnaissance drone developed in collaboration with the Norwegian Armed Forces and the Norwegian Defense Research Institute.
“The unmanned aerial vehicle called the Black Hornet is produced in Norway. We are now supplying Ukraine with a thousand new drones,” he said.
It is alleged that the Ukrainian authorities demanded that such equipment be handed over to them for use in armed conflict. The Norwegian Ministry of Defense emphasized that the drone developed by the Norwegian company Teledyne FLIR is the world market leader.
“It is used in a number of allied countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom. The UAV is used for reconnaissance and target detection,” he said.
The Norwegian Ministry of Defense has assured that the drone is easy to fly, difficult to detect and very suitable for combat operations in urban areas.
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