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Neither Azerbaijan nor Turkey has luck with operating drones
Aysor.am
Friday,September 16
Turkey failed to use the Heron drones (unmanned aerial vehicles -
UAVs) it had purchased from Israel. However, Ankara justifies itself
by saying that the drones are simply unusable.
In 2008, Turkey purchased three Heron drones from Israel costing USD
15 million for use against Kurdish militants. Later, the drones were
used in the Batman Province. However, Turkey eventually lost all three
UAVs through its own fault: the drones crashed during operations,
which rendered them unusable.
Later, Turkey ordered another 10 modernized drones costing USD 200
million. It was too much trouble to deliver the UAVs and this was when
Turkey should have realized that the drones are not for itself.
Technical problems and failures arose as the drones were brought to
Turkey. Turkey had to send some of the drones back to Israel for
repairs and is still waiting for Israel to return them. Just lately
Prime Minister Erdogan expressed the hope that nevertheless Israel
will give back the drones which are `held in captivity.'
Israel recalled from Turkey the specialists maintaining the drones due
to the aggravation of the bilateral relations. The Turkish military
assumed the burden of their use. They immediately justified the
responsibility and managed to crash Heron during operations in
Dargeçit district, Mardin province. They justified themselves by
saying that the Israeli drones were unusable.
`Heron-refusal' resulted in Turkey's giving preference to UAVs
produced in the country. The drones produced in Turkey carried out
reconnaissance flights in Diarbekir. However, this time the
disappointment was even bigger: two Turkish drones called `Gozcu'
crashed after clashing with birds in the sky. After this failure,
Turkey came back to alternative approaches to use planes as drones.
In particular, Erzincan Security Administration and Turkish
Aeronautical Association have launched a joint project to use small
amateur and training planes as reconnaissance drones. To be short,
neither Azerbaijan nor Turkey has luck with operating drones. For
Azerbaijan, there is, however, a consolation: the drones they purchase
are comparatively cheap and so far only one has been rendered
harmless.
From: A. Papazian
Aysor.am
Friday,September 16
Turkey failed to use the Heron drones (unmanned aerial vehicles -
UAVs) it had purchased from Israel. However, Ankara justifies itself
by saying that the drones are simply unusable.
In 2008, Turkey purchased three Heron drones from Israel costing USD
15 million for use against Kurdish militants. Later, the drones were
used in the Batman Province. However, Turkey eventually lost all three
UAVs through its own fault: the drones crashed during operations,
which rendered them unusable.
Later, Turkey ordered another 10 modernized drones costing USD 200
million. It was too much trouble to deliver the UAVs and this was when
Turkey should have realized that the drones are not for itself.
Technical problems and failures arose as the drones were brought to
Turkey. Turkey had to send some of the drones back to Israel for
repairs and is still waiting for Israel to return them. Just lately
Prime Minister Erdogan expressed the hope that nevertheless Israel
will give back the drones which are `held in captivity.'
Israel recalled from Turkey the specialists maintaining the drones due
to the aggravation of the bilateral relations. The Turkish military
assumed the burden of their use. They immediately justified the
responsibility and managed to crash Heron during operations in
Dargeçit district, Mardin province. They justified themselves by
saying that the Israeli drones were unusable.
`Heron-refusal' resulted in Turkey's giving preference to UAVs
produced in the country. The drones produced in Turkey carried out
reconnaissance flights in Diarbekir. However, this time the
disappointment was even bigger: two Turkish drones called `Gozcu'
crashed after clashing with birds in the sky. After this failure,
Turkey came back to alternative approaches to use planes as drones.
In particular, Erzincan Security Administration and Turkish
Aeronautical Association have launched a joint project to use small
amateur and training planes as reconnaissance drones. To be short,
neither Azerbaijan nor Turkey has luck with operating drones. For
Azerbaijan, there is, however, a consolation: the drones they purchase
are comparatively cheap and so far only one has been rendered
harmless.
From: A. Papazian