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BRITAIN’S fleet of spy drones has been labelled an “unmitigated disaster” as the devices are too heavy and struggle in bad weather.
The Ministry of Defence has so far stumped up £1.4billion of taxpayers’ money on 54 Watchkeeper WK450 drones to be used by the UK’s armed forces.
But multiple crashes are being blamed on endless add-ons – including 265 user requirements and 1,910 system modifications.
They are also restricted to certain weather conditions, critics claim, while eight have been written off at a cost of £40million.
Tory MP and former Armed Forces Minister Mark Francois said the drones – which cost £5million each – are already “obsolete”.
Mr Francois is leading a Commons Defence Committee investigation into the issue and said the scheme has been an “unmitigated …
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