France will deploy its first U.S.-made unmanned surveillance drones MQ-9 Reaper to West Africa by the end of the year, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said last week, as it seeks to "eliminate all traces of al Qaeda".
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| The MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle taxis into Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, March 13 marking the first operational airframe of its kind to land here. |