NEWTOWN, Conn. - Kenya plans to acquire unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) to help its Army and police combat smuggling and illegal arms trafficking. Kenya has very long and porous borders with unstable nations like Somalia, Sudan and Ethiopia. The Kenyan government says that the flow of illegal arms into the country is increasing instability.
Kenya has a number of options to meet this requirement. Man-portable systems are likely to be purchased, but the Kenyan military is reportedly interested in a tactical UAV system. Potential sources for these systems include Israel and the United States.
Kenya is already planning to use UAVs to help protect its rhino population from poachers. Ol Pejeta is the country's best-known private game reserve, which covers 90,000 acres in central Kenya's Laikipia District. Kenya has the world's third-largest rhino population and is constantly battling poachers, who kill rhinos for their horns. Rhinoceros horns can be worth as much as $12,000 apiece.
Source: Forecast Intelligence Center
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Author: L. Dickerson, Unmanned Vehicles
