Turkey eyes to manufacture next-gen unmanned tanks: Erdogan

Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 21

Turkey plans to manufacture next generation unmanned tanks, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Feb. 21, according to Turkish media.

Turkey must modernize its defense industry and become a military power, Erdogan said.

Turkey is a country that currently manufactures drones and tanks, he noted

From 2011, Turkey has set up the production of mobile outposts that proved useful in fights against the militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), and also the Canik TP9 handguns, unmanned ANKA aircraft and other military equipment to strengthen the domestic defense industry.

Turkey is also developing a domestic military laser system.

Earlier, the trials of the domestically-made long-range surface-to-surface missiles have also been conducted in Turkey. The new rocket, named KAAN, was launched from a firing ground in the province of Sinop in the north of Turkey.

The KAAN rocket system, produced by Roketsan, was first demonstrated at the International Defense Industry Fair IDEF-2017 in Istanbul.

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