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But do we really need a 4000 km range, what will the extra 3000 km range over a 1000 km drone will provide for us? I would much rather take 4 small 1000 km drones than 1 4000 km oneSeems to be relatively small, a larger version can give more range. The Chinese drone that reaches 4000 km range has two engines. We have the engine options we just need the requirements.
It is not going to have 350+ km of speed, Baykar already stated 200+ km but it is not going to have much more because it is using a turboprop engine, probably something similar to they use on TB2. What you're asking for is turbojet territory.The Bayraktar K2, as a kamikaze drone with a range of over 2,000 km, is sufficient for the time being, provided that it is equipped with an overdrive for the final 20–30 minutes, which accelerates the drone to 350–400 km/h, and reaches a speed of 450–500 km/h in a dive due to its own weight and kinetic energy.
The key question is whether it can carry, in addition to its 200-kg warhead, two Eren missiles with reduced range (e.g. the Aegean, thus requiring less fuel) – I’d like to see which air defence system in the world can intercept 150–200 K2s, each carrying two Eren missiles. That is sheer saturation, especially if an additional 40–50 Super Simsek are added as decoys/kamikaze UAVs with their own warheads.
That would amount to 600–650 effectors, and I haven’t even factored in the ballistic missiles and Kara-Atmaca launched simultaneously from the Turkish mainland towards the target.