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Hear Me Roar: Azeri MiG-29s Put On Show Over Istanbul #Teknofest
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans Next to the participation of various assets belonging to the Turkish Armed Forces, the organizers of Teknofest 2021 managed to secure the partaking of two MiG-29s...
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Turkmenistan Parades Newly-Acquired Bayraktar TB2s
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans Turkmenistan's latest display of military might, in the form of a parade commemorating the 30th anniversary of achieving independence, once again featured the lavish...
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Snaps From Ashgabat: Turkmenistan’s 2021 Military Parade
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost OliemansTurkmenistan held a military parade on Monday, September 27, to mark the 30th anniversary of achieving independence from the Soviet Union. Turkmenistan's lavish...
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The Conqueror of Karabakh: The Bayraktar TB2
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans in collaboration with Jakub Janovsky, Dan, and COIN Şimşek gibi atıldık bir semte yedi koldan - Like thunderbolts we struck from seven directions (Akıncılar, by...
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Armenia’s Last Deterrent: The Buk-M1-2 SAM System
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans Amidst the smoldering wreckages of destroyed surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems littering the battlefields of Nagorno-Karabakh there was one notable absentee that...
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Modern Wartime Designs: The Syrian Shams MRL
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans The Syrian Arab Army's Armoured Divisions are well known for operating several types of tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles upgraded with additional armour....
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Turkmenistan’s Parade Analysis: What’s New?
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans A military parade was held in Ashgabat on September 27, 2021 in celebration of Turkmenistan's 30th anniversary of independence. Rows of Western, Russian and Chinese...
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Emirati Small Arms in Ethiopia
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans The continued delivery of arms and equipment to the war-thorn country of Ethiopia remains largely unreported on, and its impact on the situation on the ground is at...
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UAE Combat Drones Break Cover In Ethiopia
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost OliemansThe deployment of Emirati unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) on behalf of the Ethiopian government has been speculated on ever since the beginning of hostilities...
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Perfect Storm - Pakistan Eyes The Bayraktar TB2
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans Having entered service with at least seven countries worldwide, several more nations are currently thought to be negotiating with Turkey for the acquisition of...
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UAE Air Bridge Supports Ethiopian Military in Tigray War
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans in collaboration with Gerjon Amidst an increasingly deterorating security situation throughout large parts of northern Ethiopia, the Ethiopian National Defence Force...
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Wing Loong Is Over Ethiopia: Chinese UCAVs Join The Battle For Tigray
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans After the acquisition of Iranian and Emirati unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) by Ethiopia, there now is strong reason to suggest that a third type of UCAV has...
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The 275 Kilometer Sniper Rifle: The Bayraktar Akıncı
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans Haykırdı ak tolgalı beylerbeyi "İlerle!" - When the white clad bannerlord roared ''Forth cavalcade!''(Akıncılar, by Yahya Kemal Beyatlı) It has been surprisingly long...
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Operating From The Shadows: Morocco’s UAV Fleet
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans Morocco's use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been a subject shrouded in secrecy since the country first acquired drones in the late 1980s. Although this...
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German Drones in Ethiopia
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost OliemansEthiopia's last acquisition of (unmanned) aircraft before the commencement of the Tigray War in November 2020 are not the Wing Loong IIs UCAVs the country is so often...
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Dreams Can Take Flight - The Alpkuş UAV
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans On display alongside a host of well-known UAV designs at Teknofest 2021 there was a UAV that looks as intriguing as it does unconventional. The object that combined...
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Azerbaijan’s Emerging Arsenal Of Deterrent
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans Tensions have increased between Iran and Azerbaijan over road tax imposed on Iranian truck drivers that want to enter Armenia through Azerbaijan, over Azerbaijani...
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How Turkey Is Laying The Ground For The Future Of Unmanned Aerial Warfare
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans ''Listen son – you're all great and well-educated kids, but accept the fact that foreign producers are at a level unreachable.''(Address to Selçuk and Haluk Bayraktar...
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From Mohajer-6s To Wing Loong Is - Listing Ethiopia’s Growing Drone Arsenal
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans In an effort to turn the tide in the ongoing Tigray War, Ethiopia has invested heavily in the acquisition of unmanned (combat) aerial vehicles from a number of...
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Sons of Bamako - Malian Armed Forces Fighting Vehicles
By Thomas Nachtrab in collaboration with Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans The goal of this list is to comprehensively catalogue Mali's current and past inventory of (armoured fighting) vehicles and...
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