The Turkish Drone '' Bayraktar TB2''
Today, we are talking about the Baykar Bayraktar (TB2) unmanned aerial vehicle, one of the favorite of military and civil aviation based in Turkey.The first and finest record-setting domestic and national military aircraft .Happy reading everyone .
Development of Turkish Drone Bayraktar
The tactical unmanned aerial vehicle system development program was initiated by the Defense Industry in 2007 . The first prototype system was developed in January 2013 and flight tests began in March 2014. In the flight test carried out in August, Bayraktar TB2 traveled 4,040 km at an altitude of 18,000 feet full loaded and flew for 24 hours . The Bayraktar TB2 can hit targets with 100% accuracy in the shooting test. It is now used by Turkish Armed Forces.
The Impact of the Turkish Drone Bayraktar in the World
Bayraktar TB2 played an important role in Azerbaijan's recapture of Nagorno-Karabakh. Military experts and defense analysts used TB2 effectively to conclude the 44-day conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh in favor of Azerbaijan and to gain superiority over Armenia. The Bayraktar TB2 drone made headlines after its successful use during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia. According to some, it went down in history as the first war won by drones.
Drones sent to Ukraine by Turkey
In the article by Stephen Witt in The New Yorker magazine, the expression Turkish drone that changed the nature of the war was used about Bayraktar TB2 drones over the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in the war initiated by Russia in Ukraine. According to Russian news outlets, the country's air defence systems have been upgraded to shoot down Turkish drones, with Moscow's obsession with the weapon extending to claims that it has destroyed the majority of Ukraine's TB2s.
The Ukrainian army, on the other hand, has released several videos of drone strikes against valuable Russian military targets, including air defence systems. This evidence suggests that Russia not only did not destroy Ukraine's drone fleet during the initial invasion, but also may not have done so.Bayraktar TB2, which is used in Ukraine and various countries, has become a diplomatic tool for Turkey. Selcuk Bayraktar, CEO of Bayraktar TB2, told Reuters that many armies of the world are competing with each other to buy Bayraktar TB2. "The whole world has become our customer," he said.