Turkey provides the Republic of Maldives with attack drones

Mostafa Ahmes
Tuesday , 12 March 2024 13:24 PM GMT

Turkey has started the process of providing the Republic of Maldives with an air wing consisting of 6 Turkish "Bayraktar TB2-34" cruise attack aircraft and its control and control system.
This was reported by a Turkish newspaper, where the president of the Maldives, "Mohammed moizo", had held talks in Turkey with the leadership of the Republic and visited a number of defense institutions over the past year, and it is believed that then he expressed interest in acquiring Turkish drones.

The "Bayrakdar" TB2-34, manufactured by the company "Baykar", is a medium-altitude tactical drone equipped with a propeller-driven internal combustion engine, it can carry 4 guided munitions and can stay in the air for 24 hours. The company also produces and exports Akinci "" drones, which are high-altitude attack aircraft capable of carrying ammunition up to 1.3 tons, staying continuously for up to 24 hours, equipped, among other things, with Ukrainian turboprop engines.