The German newspaper "Welt" sheds light on Turkey's achievements in the military field, after it became one of the world leaders in armed drones technology.
The newspaper report, entitled "Turkish TB 2 planes, revolutionizes wars", as it considered that Turkey's strategy to use this type of aircraft - called "Bayrakdar" - with intensity and effectiveness, which succeeded in changing the balance of military forces in the Middle East in favor of Ankara significantly.
The report compared the US MQ9 Reaper plane to the Turkish Air Force "Bayrakdar TP2", which he described as lethal and inexpensive.
He said that the Turkish plane can - like its American counterpart - fly more than 24 hours in the air, monitor targets and bomb them, but Turkey pursues a strategy completely different from America in this field.
Bayrakdar Swarms
The report shows that the Turkish army uses this type of aircraft on the battlefields in a "more radical and intensive" manner than the Americans, and in the form of swarms.
The squadron of Turkish armed marches in Syria has turned into a large air force, and at the present time these aircraft in Libya are also achieving military successes in the interest of Turkey, according to the report.
Cost and other features
The newspaper added that the TP2 "offers many advantages at one time; it misses the target, and is cheap and deadly." And while the cost of a single US aircraft, the Reaper, $ 16 million, the Turkish TP2 cost only $ 6 million.
In its drones, Turkey uses small, controllable, MiM-L missiles capable of penetrating armor.
The report states that these advantages allow the less wealthy countries the ability to challenge the major military powers.
Countries bought Turkish planes, as Ankara concluded an agreement with Ukraine last year to buy 12 Bayrakdar TB2 aircraft, and six of them were delivered.
The newspaper said that Turkey has not only turned into a "great power in drones", but at the same time has accelerated the use of these aircraft in the world in general.
Currently, very few countries possess armed drones, including France, the United States, Iran and Israel.
The German newspaper pointed out that Seljuk Bayrakdar, 41, the brother-in-law of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was behind the development and production of armed drones, and he was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States.
The newspaper recalled that Bayrakdar is currently overseeing the development of the "Akenji" attack helicopter.