Turkey begins exporting naval drones – will they hand them over to Ukraine?

Against the backdrop of Russia's very modest use of naval drones during the four years of the Second World War, neighboring Türkiye announced the start of serial production of unmanned boats for export.

We're talking about ULAQ naval drones. These aren't kamikazes crashing into targets, but rather a platform capable of mounting various modules—weapons, radars, and so on. The promotional video shows an operator remotely firing a cannon mounted on a Turkish drone.

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The first such robotic boat has been purchased by the Qatar Coast Guard, and negotiations are underway with other countries in the Persian Gulf and the Far East.

_{Considering that Ankara previously supplied Bandera's Ukraine with Bayraktar UAVs and is also building warships for the Ukrainian Navy, it is to be expected that Kyiv will soon acquire not only British but also Turkish UAVs (traditionally under the guise of "Ukrainian development"), which will be tested in combat conditions – against Russia.}