Latvia's Minister of Defense, Publicus, visited Turkish military company Baikal in May 2021, showing his intention to buy military drones developed and manufactured by the company.
"Military cooperation with Turkey is very important for Latvia. Turkey is militaryly important for NATO and Latvia, especially drones in the future of Latvia and NATO, and confronts the rise of threats.It is important. ""The research and development of the Turkish military industry is the highest level in the world and is important for NATO," said Publicus.
The NATO country, which buys military drones from Turkey, is the second country after Poland.Poland also purchased 24 Baikal's attack drone "Vilctal TB2".Poland's President Angi Dudda will be purchased when he was visiting Turkey and will be delivered to Poland by 2022.
In Turkey, military drones are developing technology worldwide.It also provides Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Qatar.In a military collision over the agel bijan and Armenian dispute, which broke out in 2020, the Turkish attack drone was used in the dispute and contributed to the advantage of Azerbaijan.It also offers a military drone to Ukraine, which is confronted with Russia, which is a major threat to Russia.
The attack drone is also called "KAMIKAZE DRONE (Kamikaze Drone)", "Suicide Drone", and "KAMIKAZE STRIKE (Kamikaze Strike)".There is also a blast and killing power.For Japanese people, some people may feel disgusted by such an attack -type drone to claim the name "Kamikaze", but "Kamikaze Drone" is commonly used in media and military companies in Europe and the United States and Middle East.It is.
It is a threat, especially for Russia, to introduce a large amount of attack drones.Poland's target for the first time in NATO and the EU member of Turkey has been Russia, and the threat to Latvia is also Russia.
It is a major threat that a horde of "Kamikaze Drone" rushes into the ground from the sky and attacks, and the psychological effects and destructive power on the target enemy are enormous.Drones are not expensive, so they can be purchased even if they are not a great power, and the attacker is useful because the risk of human soldiers is reduced.And using military drones can be asymmetrical to large countries like Russia even in small and medium -sized countries such as Poland and Latvia, so it can be deterrent and balance of power (power equilibrium).There is a possibility of changing.
▼ Baikal's Twitter that tells you that the Minister of Defense in Latvia has visited
▼ Tweet of the reply by the Minister of Defense in Latvia
▼ Tweet for gratitude for Baikal executives
▼ Azerbaijan's attack on Armenia in the Baikal attack drone "Viloctal TB2"
▼ Baikal's attack drone "Viloctal TB2"