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In the future, they plan to equip the army with domestic drones
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Another 24 Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones will be purchased for the army, and then domestic drones will be adopted.
Ukraine will buy four more Bayraktar TB2 attack drone complexes from Turkey. Each complex includes six drones. Thus, they still plan to purchase 24 units. This was announced by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny in an interview. Report.
“One complex was purchased this year by order of the Ministry of Defense. In addition, to meet the needs of the Armed Forces in 2021-2022, it is planned to purchase four more such complexes. In the future, we plan to replenish the arsenal with locally produced unmanned aerial vehicles,” Zaluzhny said. …
He noted that Ukraine will carefully study the technique of using drones.
“Firstly, we need to learn how to work effectively with them, and secondly, we must know the tactics for the forms of their use. We must take a comprehensive approach to the issue. The acquisition of Bayraktar does not end with the acquisition of Bayraktar. Now we are studying the method of using these devices,” he said. Zaluzhny.
As a reminder, in November 2018 Ukraine bought Bayraktar drones from Turkey worth $ 69 million. The contract included six combat drones, two command stations and 200 guided missiles.
And in March 2021, it became known that Turkey had begun to the assembly of the next drones for Ukraine.
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