One of the most important achievements of Turkey in the field of Defense Industry Bayraktar TB2 SİHA (Armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)It is being used effectively by the Ukrainian army in the Russia-Ukraine war that has been going on for 1 week.
In the past days, the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced that they destroyed Russia’s air defense systems with Bayraktar TB2 SİHAs purchased from Turkey, and the images were also displayed. “Bayraktar at work” He shared it on his social media account. This success, which attracted the attention of the whole world, was the guest of TIME, a US-based news and politics magazine.
Ukraine gave the good news: New Bayraktar TB2 SİHAs are ready for war!
According to the statement made by Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov and ministry accounts, new Bayraktar TB2 SİHAs have been received.
“Deals disproportionate damage to the enemy”
TIME, “Ukraine’s Secret Weapon Against Russia: Turkish UAVs” In his article titled, Bayraktar mentioned that the TB2 SİHA plays an important role in the military struggle of Ukraine, which has been under Russian attack for 8 days.
Reminding the video shared on the Twitter account of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in which Bayraktar TB2 and Russia’s air defense systems were destroyed, TIME wrote in its article. “These black-and-white images show the devastating impact Ukraine has on Russian forces.” he said:
The star of this video and other videos circulating on Twitter is Bayraktar TB2, a type of Turkish UAV that the Ukrainian army has been using more and more against Russian forces in recent days. Bayraktar TB2s are small and light. They have a wingspan of 12 meters and can stay in the sky for up to 30 hours at a time.
TIME Magazine, Bayraktar aircraft The cost to the Ukrainian army is low.; However, the surface-to-air missile defense system destroyed by Bayraktar TB2 Nearly $50 million material damage to Russia He stated that “the video reveals one of the important points of UAVs: their ability to inflict disproportionate damage to the enemy.”
Bayraktar TB2 features
- Communication range: <300 km
- Travel – maximum speed: 70 knots – 120 knots
- Payload capacity: 150 kg
- Fuel capacity / type: 300 Liters / gasoline
- Payload – ISR: Switchable EO/IR/LD or multi-purpose AESA Ra
- Payload – ammunition: 4 laser-guided smart ammunition
- Takeoff and landing: Track (Automatic)
- Maximum take-off weight: 700 kg
- hover: 27 Hours
- wingspan: 12 meters
- Height: 2.2 meters
- Length: 6.5 meters
- Thrust type: 105 Hp internal combustion injection engine
- Operational – maximum altitude: 18,000 feet – 25,000 feet
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