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EDEX 2018: China-Saudi Arabia unmanned presence in Egypt

4th December 2018 - 15:00 GMT | by Alan Warnes in Cairo

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UAVs from Asia and the Middle East as well as indigenous offerings are being shown in Cairo at EDEX 2018, among them China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation and its Wing Loong I, which the Egyptian Armed Forces is known to be operating. 

The model at EDEX 2018 is being exhibited with four Blue Arrow -7 (BA-7) air to ground missiles, two on each hard point, which has been the weapon of choice on the Wing Loong I to date. However, the missiles are set to be replaced by the lighter AG/300M packed with a 26kg warhead, whereas

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