{"id":8475,"date":"2024-04-04T11:17:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T11:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=8475"},"modified":"2024-04-04T11:19:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T11:19:42","slug":"techno-geopolitics-and-the-turkish-way-of-drone-warfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=8475","title":{"rendered":"Techno-Geopolitics and the Turkish Way of Drone Warfare"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Author:<\/b> Can Kasapo\u011flu<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Affiliation: <\/b>Director of Security and Defense Studies Program at EDAM (Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies), Jamestown Foundation<\/span><\/p>

Organization\/Publisher: <\/b>Atlantic Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Date\/Place: <\/b>March 2022\/USA<\/span><\/p>

Type of Literature: <\/b>Academic paper<\/span><\/p>

Number of Pages:<\/b> 10<\/span><\/p>

Link:<\/b> https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/in-depth-research-reports\/issue-brief\/techno-geopolitics-and-the-turkish-way-of-drone-warfare\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Keywords:<\/b> T\u00fcrkiye, Drone warfare, Security, Bayraktar, Libya, Syria, Karabakh, and National Military Strategic Concept<\/span><\/i><\/p>

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It is not mere gossip but reality that T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s cutting edge defense industry is competing with the world\u2019s biggest militaries and their defense industry. T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s unconventional drone warfare has pushed Ankara\u2019s reach beyond borders without putting military boots on the ground outside its territory, with phenomenal successes in Syria, Libya and of late in Nagorno-Karabagh. The author details how T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s \u201cactive deterrence\u201d strategy was already in place. The latest technological developments have \u201cdronized\u201d Ankara\u2019s geo-strategic moves. This paper shows how technological successes in the defense arena \u201cgo well beyond unmanned aerial systems,\u201d using what is known as robotic-warfare capacity with innovative concepts of operations (CONOPS); CONOPS has been identified specifically as a reason behind the successes in Syria, Libya and Azerbaijan\u2019s Nagorno-Karabagh. It has benefited T\u00fcrkiye in many ways, including \u201cless casualties, more surgical, less burdensome on defense economics, and less reliant on foreign assistance.\u201d The Turkish Armed Forces\u2019 technological successes are not limited to aerial warfare, as naval and land warfare tactics have seen similar developments. The data cited by the author reveals that the drone market is growing at a rate of 14 to 15% annually and is expected to be around $58 billion by the mid-2020s. Israel had been a leader in drone exports but Turkish defense firms have pulled up and are competing to catch the customers. \u201cTurkey does not only sell drones in an off-the-shelf fashion. Instead, it sparks drone-warfare ecosystems beyond its borders, and fosters its defense-cooperation portfolio through robotic-warfare transactions,\u201d the author notes. He adds that Turkish drone sales \u201care strategic means of building strategic outreach.\u201d The author points out that T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s NATO identity amid its drone warfare success \u201cis a crucial, and often neglected, pillar of the current geopolitical outlook.\u201d Ukraine and Poland are already two customers for Turkish robotic-warfare solutions. The current success of drone warfare is not an epitome of T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s \u201cdronization and robotic-warfare capacity-building policy\u201d, however, the future trends suggest more advanced CONOPS via higher end systems, e.g. Baykar\u2019s Akinci drone, and Aksungur by Tusas. The paper says if Turkey manages to operate a permanent, robotic air wing from its principal amphibious assault vessel, TCG Anadolu landing helicopter dock (LHD),\u00a0 \u201cthis would be a novel development for contemporary drone-warfare trends.\u201d<\/span><\/p>


By: <\/b>Riyaz ul Khaliq, <\/span>CIGA Non-resident Research Associate<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author: Can Kasapo\u011flu Affiliation: Director of Security and Defense Studies Program at EDAM (Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies), Jamestown Foundation Organization\/Publisher: Atlantic Council Date\/Place: March 2022\/USA Type of Literature: Academic paper Number of Pages: 10 Link: https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/in-depth-research-reports\/issue-brief\/techno-geopolitics-and-the-turkish-way-of-drone-warfare\/\u00a0 \u00a0 Keywords: T\u00fcrkiye, Drone warfare, Security, Bayraktar, Libya, Syria, Karabakh, and National Military Strategic Concept Brief: 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