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'Egyptians to purchase Turkish-made drones'Egypt doesn't produce drones and no one is aware of any arms deals it has made. It has made private 'security' deals with Israel before. The only possibility here is the drone being an Israeli drone which Egypt allowed into its airspace or drones provided by Israel.
Turkish paper reports pending sale of ANKA drones; UAVs would extend Egyptian military's intelligence, surveillance capabilities. By JOANNA PARASZCZUK \ 11/22/2012
ASN-209 UAV and its derivative are Chinese UAVs developed by Xi'an Aisheng Technology Group Co., Ltd . In May 2012 six Egyptian drones of ASN-209 was built in collaboration with a foreign defence manufacturer during the first phase and are fully operational under the Egyptian armed forces according to Hamdy Weheba, the Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization which he claimed that Egypt has started the production of the ASN-209 Multi-purpose UAV System and about 99.5% of the components are locally manufactured
Aisheng ASN-209 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also
6. Who has Drones? | Drone Wars UK
Egyptian Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NONETHELESS.....
Egyptian officials: We partnered with Israel on a drone strike against Islamists in the Sinai « Hot Air
Unprecedented coordination between Israel and Egypt comes to light in Sinai fight.
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