French army drone strike in Mali
France's armed forces said today it had carried out a drone strike for the first time, during operations in Mali at the weekend.
The Army said 40 terrorists were killed in this strike.
In a statement, the French military command said, the drone strike happened during a follow-up operation Saturday in which another seven terrorists were killed.
The strike came just two days after the French army announced it had finished testing the remotely-piloted drones for armed operations.