After Israel, Turkey reveals Akinci drone capable of firing ballistic missile in air, it is bad news for India because…
As a cause of concern for India, the success of Turkey in the drone technology field has raised eyebrows in India as the country has also supplied the drones to India’s arch-nemesis Pakistan.
Bayraktar Akinci drone: After proving its drone technology in the Russia-Ukraine war, Turkey is again grabbing headlines for its new Bayraktar Akinci drone. The Bayraktar Akinci drone recently gained global attention as they were used to fire a ballistic missile from the air. Through the test-fire of the ballistic missile, Tukey has demonstrated its capability to fire ballistic missiles from air and has consequently become the second country after Israel to have shown such a capability in the recent times.
Turkey’s new drone: Target range
“Bayraktar AKINCI is equipped with dual artificial intelligence avionics which supports for signal processing, sensor fusion and situational awareness in real time. It is capable of conducting operations that are performed with fighter jets. It carries electronic support systems, dual satellite communication systems, air-to-air radar, collision avoidance radar and synthetic aperture radar”, the company claimed on its website.
Cause of concern for India
However, as a cause of concern for India, the success of Turkey in the drone technology field has raised eyebrows in India as the country has also supplied the drones to India’s arch-nemesis Pakistan. According to Forbes, Bayraktar, the maker of the Akinci drone, released a footage on November 13 demonstrating the drone expertly launching a UAV-230 supersonic missile. Impressively, the missile hit its mark from an incredible 155 kilometers away.
Turkish combat drone lands and takes off from amphibious assault ship
Turkish defence ministry shared video of Turkey‘s locally produced Bayraktar TB3 drone taking off and landing on country’s first amphibious assault ship, TCG Anadolu on Tuesday(November 19th)
Turkey‘s original plan was to deploy F-35 B-model fighter jets, which can take off from shorter runways, on its largest warship. But its plans had to change after the United States removed Turkey, a NATO ally, from its F-35 program over Ankara’s purchase of Russian S-400 defence systems in 2019. Turkey then converted TCG Anadolu into a drone carrier.
Turkish defence firm Baykar who is the main producer of Turkish combat drones had successfully completed its landing and take off test from Anadolu. Baykar’s previous drones of Bayraktar TB2 had been heavily used by Ukraine against Russia and Azerbaijani army against Armenia.
(With inputs from agencies)
