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The main factors behind the success of UCAVs, which were successfully used against a regular army in Syria, then Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh, neutralizing numerous military vehicles, especially Air Defense Systems (SAM) and Main Battle Tanks, can be summarized as follows:
•Low visibility and detectability (SAM Systems have difficulty in detecting UAVs due to their low Radar Cross Section (RCS) values and low speeds),
• Conducting joint operations by supporting UCAVs with land and air- based SIGINT/ELINT and Electronic Warfare (EW) systems,
• Ability to detect and mark SAM systems from outside their effective range thanks to the modern Electro- Optical (E/O) sensors equipped with Laser Rangefinders and Laser Designators,
• Roketsan product MAM-L Smart Micro Munitions, which can hit targets from 8km (depending on the launch altitude) with MEMS-based (Micro- Electro-Mechanical Systems) Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and 14km with an INS/GPS based navigation system (provides the opportunity to attack the target from greater distances and higher altitudes),
• Higher lethality against different targets such as armored vehicles, radar antennas, SAM systems, fortified positions, emplacements, and soft targets thanks to the new warhead types introduced to Smart Micro Munitions (HEAT/Anti- armor, Thermobaric, and HE Blast Fragmentation/ Anti-personnel),
• More experienced Pilots and Sensor Operators, thanks to hundreds of thousands of hours of flight time, most of which are in combat conditions,
• Ability to update the UAV and UCAV platforms' software and hardware without foreign support as they are indigenous products.
Source: defenceturkey magazine.
•Low visibility and detectability (SAM Systems have difficulty in detecting UAVs due to their low Radar Cross Section (RCS) values and low speeds),
• Conducting joint operations by supporting UCAVs with land and air- based SIGINT/ELINT and Electronic Warfare (EW) systems,
• Ability to detect and mark SAM systems from outside their effective range thanks to the modern Electro- Optical (E/O) sensors equipped with Laser Rangefinders and Laser Designators,
• Roketsan product MAM-L Smart Micro Munitions, which can hit targets from 8km (depending on the launch altitude) with MEMS-based (Micro- Electro-Mechanical Systems) Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and 14km with an INS/GPS based navigation system (provides the opportunity to attack the target from greater distances and higher altitudes),
• Higher lethality against different targets such as armored vehicles, radar antennas, SAM systems, fortified positions, emplacements, and soft targets thanks to the new warhead types introduced to Smart Micro Munitions (HEAT/Anti- armor, Thermobaric, and HE Blast Fragmentation/ Anti-personnel),
• More experienced Pilots and Sensor Operators, thanks to hundreds of thousands of hours of flight time, most of which are in combat conditions,
• Ability to update the UAV and UCAV platforms' software and hardware without foreign support as they are indigenous products.
Source: defenceturkey magazine.
