: ‘The whole world is a customer’ for Turkey’s deadly drones despite US, global arms embargoes #IndiaNEWS Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was in a tough spot last August when he paid a visit

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‘The whole world is a customer’ for Turkey’s deadly drones despite US, global arms embargoes #IndiaNEWS
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was in a tough spot last August when he paid a visit to Turkey. For nearly a year, his government had been at war with rebels from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, which was now pushing south from its stronghold near the Eritrean border and threatening to move on the country’s capital of Addis Ababa. Thousands had already been killed, and the United States and the United Nations had accused all the warring parties of blockading aid, committing sexual assault and deliberately targeting civilians.With only a small, aging fleet of Soviet-era military jets, Abiy needed a way to quickly – and cheaply – expand his air campaign against the rebels. Turkey had just the solution: a military drone known as the TB2 that could be piloted from nearly 200 miles away. China and Iran also supplied drones, but the TB2, outfitted with cutting-edge technology, had fast become the new favorite of the world’s embattled nations, helping to win wars even when it was pitted against major powers.On August 18, Abiy met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to sign a military pact. It is unclear whether drones were part of the agreement. But two days after the signing, publicly available flight records showed that...Read more

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