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NEW DELHI: In a significant development in Myanmar’s ongoing civil war, resistance fighters who had previously relied on a scattered fleet of modified Chinese-made commercial drones to battle against the country’s feared military are now finding their familiar weapons in the hands of the ruling junta. According to seven people with knowledge of the matter, the rebels have encountered the junta’s…

The US State Department has given the green light for a potential $4 billion arms sale to India. The deal, initially announced during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US in June 2023, includes 31 MQ-9B SkyGuardian armed drones, 170 AGM-114R Hellfire missiles, 310 laser small diameter bombs, and various communication and surveillance equipment. The approval comes after a…

Turkey is one of the world's top armed drones producers

In barely 15 years, French newspaper stated that Turkey has become one of the major global makers of armed drones.

Under a story on armed aerial unmanaged drones, the newspaper analysed Turkish Armed Drones (SIHA) in a special title. That title is “A technology in the field of Turkish foreign policy.”

In the spring 2020 fight between the legitimate Libyan government and Warlord General Khalipha-Haftar, two suicide drones, Kargu-2, built by Turkish defence contractor, STM, played a significant part.

Turkish drones have also highlighted as a “indisputable phenomena” in Turkey’s defence sector and their extensive deployment on the field.

“The nation has placed among the major producers in the globe in only 15 years with the intention to compete with the US, Israeli and Chinese models,” Le Monde added.

It also emphasised that Turkey armed drones are effective as well as inexpensive. Such as Kargu, Bayraktar, Anka, Karayel and Alpagu.

It further stated that since 2016, Turkish drones have utilised in international activities. In Libya and in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Turkish drones that are increasingly efficient have shifted their balance of power.”

Turkish drones were acquired by Azerbaijan, Qatar, Ukraine, Tunisia and NATO allies Poland. “There has also been an interest in SIHAs in Latvia, Hungary, Albania and other countries,” Le Monde reported.

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India signs $200-million deal to lease Israeli Heron drones for China border deployment

File Photo: Heron TP drone. New Delhi: India has signed a $200-million contract to lease four Israeli-made drones for long-range surveillance mission in the borders with China, where the two Asian neighbours are already in a year-long conflict. The announcement came today from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) that manufactures the Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), but the company did not…

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