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defence correspondent Andrew Greene at the Avalon Airshow

FOUND: Air force chief insists australian drones already part of kill chain - What They Never Told You

The Air force cancelled plans to acquire lethal Reaper drones last year. ((Supplied: RAF))

Unmanned surveillance aircraft flown by the Australian Defence Force are already being used as part of the "kill chain", according to the RAAF chief, who has stopped short of saying when he believes this country will get its first armed drones. 

Australia last year cancelled plans to acquire its first lethal drone technology known as SkyGuardian, more than 20 years after the United States military first deployed the killer Predator drone in Afghanistan.

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