Saudi Arabia: RSLF, Raven and UAVsnote

The Saudi Defence Ministry is said to have decided to go ahead with a project to buy hand-launched unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the Special Forces and Paratroopers of the Royal Saudi Land Forces (RSLF). The following 354-word report sheds light on the subject and tells how many UAVs the Ministry intends to buy and what about the UAV-makers which were contacted for this purpose and what about the AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven. [Briefly reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 20/40 – October 4, 2013)]