Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has begun converting the Simsek Training System into a Loitering Munition System, alternatively known as kamikaze or suicide drones, Temel Kotil, head of TAI revealed in… Continue reading "Turkey to Use Target Practice UAVs as “Kamikaze Drones”"
During an event hosted by the Marine Research and Development Volunteers Culture and Art Student Club on the 25 April, a presentation was given about the ULAQ SİDA. The Unmanned… Continue reading "Turkey’s ULAQ Getting Ready For Fire Tests"
Just as India and China began withdrawing troops from the Landakh region on the contested border, American troops have arrived for exercises in India. Exercise Yudh Abhyas began last week… Continue reading "US-India Yudh Abhyas Exercise Now Underway, US-Turkey Black Sea Drill Concluded"
Recent years have seen an erosion in the US-Turkish relationship. Aside from Erdogan’s undemocratic policies and conflict over Middle East policy, the S-400 System dispute ranks among the most divisive.… Continue reading "Turkey Hopes to Resolve the S-400-System Dispute with the USA with Compromise"
The Turkish Ministry of National Defence has announced that the country is to develop a new anti-submarine torpedo. The weapon will be in the standard NATO 324mm-diameter lightweight class and… Continue reading "Turkey Initiates Development of New Lightweight Anti-Submarine Torpedo"
The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, announced that the US would be introducing sanctions against the Turkish military industrial complex. This effectively cuts off Turkey from US military hardware,… Continue reading "US Sanctions Turkey Over Military Relations with Russia"
The Turkish Army has relocated a batch of their controversially procured Russian S-400 long-range air defense missile systems to the port of Sinop on the Black Sea for a round… Continue reading "Turkey To Begin Testing Russian S-400 Missile System Over the Black Sea"
The Canadian government has moved to suspend exports of electro-optical imaging and targeting systems used in Turkish-made unmanned combat air vehicles, following allegations from Canadian disarmament groups and Armenian-Canadian organizations… Continue reading "Canada Suspends Electro-Optical Sensor Export Licenses To Turkey"
The government of Armenia today accused Turkey of downing an Armenian Air Force Su-25 close air support aircraft inside Armenian airspace, an accusation that Turkish and Azerbaijani officials have denied.… Continue reading "Armenia Accuses Turkey Of Downing Armenian Su-25"
The story of Turkey and the S-400 Missile Defense Systems goes back to 2009. Turkey is located at highly important and fragile geopolitical position, as the southeastern frontier of NATO,… Continue reading "Has Turkey Bought a Second Batch of S-400 Missile Defense Systems?"