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TB2 in Burkina Faso...



MAM hitting moving target.

Oublious said:

TB2 in Burkina Faso...

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1763636113422299620

MAM hitting moving target.

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Sh*t! Drone strikes are unethical.

Afif said:

Sh*t! Drone strikes are unethical.

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Yeah because dropping a couple bombs from a 15 ton death machine is very ethnical...

CAN_TR said:

Yeah because dropping a couple bombs from a 15 ton death machine is very ethnical...

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That was my way of saying the first strike was awesome.

Radonsider said:

"• Bayraktar KIZILELMA’nın uçuş ve manevra testleri tamamlandı. Seri üretim aşaması için çalışmalara başlandı."

KE's flight and maneuver tests were completed in 2023

https://www.ssb.gov.tr/Images/Uploads/files/2023%20Yılı%20Faaliyet%20Raporu(1).pdf

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A SOLOTÜRK version of KIZILELMA doing stunt flying would be great

I kinda doubt it with the A and even B variant because of TWR constraints (B with afterburner at 6.5 tons reaches 0.7). But KIZILELMA-C with two turbofans rated at 44 kN with afterburner has a TWR of around 1.05 when weighing 8.5 tons which is near F-22 with full fuel and internal weapons.

Translation:

In this scenario, ANKA-4 with a twin engine and an ammunition carrying capacity of up to 4 tons is needed because TRG-230 is insufficient against large tonnage ships with its 70kg warhead and 150km+ range, but it is effective in penetration attacks, so TRG-500 is a longer range and more effective warhead.

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I found a Photo from Anka 4

It is a full-black coloring of a concept design for F/A-XX, not ANKA-4

Kaan Azman said:

It is a full-black coloring of a concept design for F/A-XX, not ANKA-4

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F/A-XX mean 6th Generation Fighter ? But why with TF-10000 Engines ? It must have more stronger Engines than Kaan!

BaburKhan said:

F/A-XX mean 6th Generation Fighter ? But why with TF-10000 Engines ? It must have more stronger Engines than Kaan!

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That photo isn't official mate, just some on the Internet made themselves.

BaburKhan said:

I found a Photo from Anka 4

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1764776448361922826

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Anka - 4 with canards would make less sense. Its more a fighter plane.

Like I said before, I expect ANKA-4 to share many components with KAAN and the flight performance for the most part. So that KAAN can have an air superiority wingman that can keep up.

Also, I gotta remind about a gossip of TUSAŞ considering F110 for an UAV platform. It is still an unconfirmed report but considering TUSAŞ wants a full-on air superiority UCAV as the next step, I wouldn't rule out F110 and the indigenous engine as the engine for ANKA-4. Pretty much for the reasons I stated above.

Tfx as a drone

Wtffff ?? 61900 feet

Might be a bug, 44kts is too slow.

Specs look like a high altitude solar electric plane.

Boykaz said:

Wtffff ?? 61900 feet
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Has to be like a vertical missile launch that drops back down but were there any NOTAM etc

Zafer said:

Specs look like a high altitude solar electric plane.

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Could be as none of the UCAVs we have would go up that high, but Yarasa01 code must probably be a police bird. Doubt this is a test article, because of the transponder code, which looks too "operational"

uçuyorum said:

Has to be like a vertical missile launch that drops back down but were there any NOTAM etc

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A missile won't have an ADS-B transponder on board. I still think it was a bug, let's see.

Doubt Baykar has an RQ-4 like prototype they hid from everyone while dealing with both KE and TB-3.

Ukrainian TB2 with Raytheon MTS-B. This is probably the TB2 with best ever seeing eye.