Israeli drones leased to Germany to remain unarmed
Due to opposition from the SDP on moral grounds, Israel Aerospace's Heron-TP UAVs will not be armed with missiles, for the time being.
The German army will not arm the advanced Heron-TP drones (unmanned aerial vehicles - UAVs) that it is leasing from Israel with missiles due to opposition from ruling coalition partner the Social Democratic Party (SPD). A vote in the German parliament on whether to arm the Israeli-made UAVs has been postponed with no new date set because of the SDP's opposition. The SDP opposes arming the drones with missiles for moral reasons because it "distances the battlefield from fighters" and may cause, "a light hand on the trigger."