Reversing a position it took last year, Canada’s government says it is sending cutting-edge surveillance cameras for use on Turkish military drones in armed conflict – this time in Ukraine.
Last year, the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ruled out selling the sensors to companies in Turkey. The decision followed discovery the tech was included on Bayraktar TB2 UAVs Ankara delivered to Azerbaijan’s armed forces in their brutal battle with ethnic Armenians for control of the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. Keen to assist Ukrainian troops in repelling invading Russian armed forces, however, Ottawa now says it will deliver the high-performance surveillance cameras to be fitted on the same drones Ukraine bought from Turkey.
“We have obtained a number of specialized equipment, including cameras used in drones that a Canadian company makes that we will be able to start sending towards Ukraine in the coming days,” Trudeau said Wednesday…
