Proliferation
Countries with known operational armed drones:
- United States - MQ-1 Predator, MQ-9 Reaper
- Israel - IAI Heron, IAI Eitan, Elbit Hermes 450, IAI Harpy, IAI Harop
- Iran - Karrar, Shahed 129 (UCAV), and others
- Russia - IAI Heron from Israel
- India - IAI Heron, IAI Harop, DRDO AURA, DRDO Kapothaka, DRDO Nishant, DRDO Lakshya, and IAI Harpy from Israel, DRDO Rustom
- France - EADS Harfang (based on the IAI Heron)
- Germany - Modified IAI Heron from Israel.
- Italy - MQ-1 Predator, MQ-9 Reaper from the U.S.
- United Kingdom - MQ-1 Predator, MQ-9 Reaper from the U.S.
- China - Guizhou WZ-2000, AVIC Wing Loong I
- Taiwan - The Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST) is developing a defending and attack UCAV based on the US X-47B.
- Turkey - TAI Anka, Vestel Karayel, Bayraktar Mini UAV
- North Korea - MQM-107-based flying bombs
For countries with armed drones under development, see the list in the section "Concepts" below.
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