Publish date5 Mar 2020 - 12:30
Story Code : 453815

Daily: Turkey surpasses France on UAV development

Turkey for the past 10 years has been developing its national industrial capacity of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), outdistancing countries like France, a French local newspaper said on Thursday.
Daily: Turkey surpasses France on UAV development
The daily L'Opinion said the Turkish military showed its capacity in UAV operations over the last week and that the drones Turkey has developed were smaller, less costly and more effective than those used by France.
The newspaper emphasized that Turkey's Operation Spring Shield in northwestern Syria was to stop the Syrian Army from capturing the Idlib region, noting that the operation was begin conducted per NATO standards.
Idlib has been a stronghold of the opposition and anti-government armed groups since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011.
It emphasized that Turkey was currently producing better-performing UAVs and that its military could field operations without the support of the Russians due to its capabilities in electronic warfare.
On Sunday, Turkey announced a new offensive, Operation Spring Shield, in northwestern Syria to protect civilians from regime attacks.
 
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