After Yet Another Nishant UAV Crashes, Army Decides To Cancel More Orders
November 20 2015
Another Indian army unmanned aerial vehicle has crashed, reports the Press Trust of India.
The Nishant UAV crashed Thursday in the desert near Pokhran in Rajasthan state in the northeast, which border Pakistan.
A technical glitch was blamed, said sources.
All four UAVs purchased by the army in 2013 have crashed. The previous incident was on Nov. 4 in the same area.
The army has decided not to purchase any more of the systems, said sources. The Nishant was under...
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