Ukraine conflict: Turkey airlifts additional TB2 UCAVs to Ukraine

[EX500rider]

Good news!
The Turkish-supplied TB2 UCAV is the only armed UAV in the Ukrainian inventory and as such is highly important to the country's continued war effort against Russia.

Turkey has airlifted additional Baykar Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) to Ukraine.

The Ukrainian defence minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on 2 March that new combat ready TB2s had arrived in the country as part of a wider package of international military assistance.

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/ukraine-conflict-turkey-airlifts-additional-tb2-ucavs-to-ukraine?fbclid=IwAR0y9I-p8pvy9CZKgVw_b7rtxb79AfoP2Qd5Qg5zs1heRBj6HlRQqVVDMh4

[Wingus Dingus]

1. Useful. Thanks Turkey!

[sheshe2]

2. Thank You, Turkey.

[BootinUp]

3. I was surprised by Turkey. Pleasantly. nt

[cstanleytech]

7. Turkey is probably afraid that its next on Putin's menu.

[PortTack]

9. Oh indeed! He knows with pootie, there's only room for one at the top

[artemisia1]

10. The Turkish Air Force would destroy the Russian navy in the Black Sea, imho. /nt

[cstanleytech]

11. The Black Sea is not the only direction Russia could hit them from and once they gain control over

the entrance Russia could then transport troops from the Crimea to reinforce those in Turkey.

[artemisia1]

13. True, but in a conventional war I think Turkey kicks Russia's arse... /nt

[DFW]

15. Anyone attacking Turkey should remember that not only Turks live there

The Kurds living in the mountainous regions would put up a fierce resistance for years.

[Igel]

4. I like these.

Aimed at Russian armor.

[EndlessWire]

5. Thank you, Turkey. n/t

[blue-wave]

6. Always had a slightly

negative view of Turkey's government. But I am impressed with how they have stepped up to the plate in this instance. I hope they shipped thousands.

There's gotta be a way for Ukraine to shoot more than a few Russian ships out of the Black Sea waters. Odessa and Mariupol need help badly. Kharkiv too. If not drones something else?

[AntiFascist]

8. Great! These things are bad ass n/t

[Happy Hoosier]

12. We need to get them predators too.

And maybe a few containers full of simple commercial quadcopters for recon purposes. Give one to every squad. INVALUABLE intel.

I just bought one and had it shipped to my buddy joining the Ukrainian foreign legion. He's currently in Poland.

[honest.abe]

14. I wonder if a standard basic drone can be weaponized with an impact grenade.

Either remotely drop it on an enemy vehicle or ram into it like a kamikazi mission. Could be effective and cheap.