Turkey and Ukraine discuss joint development and start of production of the shock-reconnaissance drones Bayraktar TB2 called “murderers” by the Russian anti-aircraft missile and gun systems (zrpk) “Pantsir”, reports “Interfax-Ukraine”.
“Discusses the joint development of even more powerful systems and even production of drones Bayraktar in Ukraine, given the conditions. I think that the defense industry can become a new symbol of the Turkish-Ukrainian cooperation”, — said the Ambassador of Turkey in Ukraine Ahmet Yagmur Holdere.
In June, the Agency Defense Express, citing its own sources, reported that in recent years during the military conflicts in Syria and Libya has been destroyed at least 23 complexes “Carapace” in Russia.
In the same month, the Turkish company Baykar Makina reported that tactical multi-purpose drones Bayraktar TB2 flew 200 thousand hours, which is record for Turkish aviation industry.
In March, the defense Ministry of Ukraine said that Kyiv and Ankara are working on plans to organize the production of Turkish percussion unmanned systems in Ukraine.
In October 2018 American analyst Samuel Bendett reported that the development of Russian military drones behind similar foreign works, particularly American, Chinese, Turkish and Iranian.