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Turkey starts to export autonomous rotary wing attack drones known as "kamikaze"

Turkey has exported its autonomous rotary wing attack drones-also known as kamikaze drones-produced by Turkish defense company STM for the first time, the firm announced on Sunday.

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Turkey starts to export autonomous rotary wing attack drones known as kamikaze

Turkey has exported its autonomous rotary wing attack drones-also known as kamikaze drones-produced by Turkish defense company STM for the first time, the firm announced on Sunday.

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Turkey starts to export autonomous rotary wing attack drones known as kamikaze

After high-level negotiations, the first contract for exports of STM's Kargu drones was signed, the firm said in a statement.

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Turkey starts to export autonomous rotary wing attack drones known as kamikaze

"Under the contract, the delivery of Kargus will be completed in 2021," it said.

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Turkey starts to export autonomous rotary wing attack drones known as kamikaze

The destination country for the drone exports was not named.

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Turkey starts to export autonomous rotary wing attack drones known as kamikaze

Ismail Demir, the head of Turkey's Defense Industries Presidency, said on Twitter that with its advanced capabilities, the Turkish defense industry continues to open up to the world.

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Turkey starts to export autonomous rotary wing attack drones known as kamikaze

With its advanced machine vision abilities, Kargu can function both as a single platform and as part of a swarm of up to 20 platforms, as proved in exercises began to be conducted 2019.

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Turkey starts to export autonomous rotary wing attack drones known as kamikaze

The Kargu is already used effectively by the Turkish Armed Forces in the field.