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What would be the real impact of 🇹🇷 stealthy, low-observable unmanned warplanes like KIZILELMA, ANKA-3?

Not just an aerospace powerhouse, with a product portfolio only available to US in the West, these new tech will suddenly make being friends with 🇹🇷 a strategic asset
1/n Ignore the snide remarks that KIZILELMA and ANKA-3 are not "true stealth" like F-35. Even a somewhat less stealthy aircraft will be a rare presence in the international market. Consider yourself a rich, US-friendly country(for example KSA, UAE) looking for a LO aircraft
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It turns out the variants of Iran-origin Shahed-136/Geran-2 kamikaze drones/loitering munitions that Russia has deployed so far in its Ukraine invasion, are not what many have been claiming. These ones possess no passive/active RF Seeker, no EO/IR camera, no SATCOM dish
1/n These variants so far only use GPS or GLONASS guidance, without even a rudimentary INS device.

What does this mean?
1)Lesser accuracy/precision than comparable Harops
2)More room for fuel and/or explosives

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My thread of threads... Bayraktar AKINCI armed drone #UCAV from @Baykar_Savunma

https://mobile.twitter.com/EricNewton2020/status/1294134464474312704

From early 2021,TSK will encounter a new conundrum. They will have at least 4 domestic MALE drone systems competing against each other,and all are deemed 'strategic' as per TSK terminology. Here's why:
(1/n) TUSAS Anka-S useful payload capacity(UPC):250 kg
TUSAS Anka+ UPC:350 kg
TUSAS Aksungur UPC:750 kg
Bayraktar AKINCI UPC:1500 kg

These 4 choices must be whittled down to at least 2.
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