After giving S-300 and launching MiG29 in Ukraine, Slovakia talks to Erdogan’s son-in-law about Turkish drones

First announced that gifted Ukraine the Soviet S-300 missile system.

He then announced that intends to cede Russian MiG-29 fighters of its Air Force.

Slovakia is now discussing with Turkey a possible supply of the Baykar Bayraktar TB2 (UCAV) unmanned aerial vehicle, as revealed on 13 April.

Slovak Defense Minister Jaro Nad made the announcement on his official Twitter account, saying that talks with the construction company Baykar, in the interests of Turkish President Selcuk Bayraktar’s son-in-law, were part of a broader plan to acquire Slovak Armed Forces.

“Work on acquiring a drone for the Slovak army [προχωρούν]”Good talk today with Mr. Bayraktar from Turkey and talks with other drone manufacturers [είναι] The tweet was accompanied by a model of the Bayraktar UAV in Slovak colors.

Slovakia does not have the capacity of unmanned aircraft, although this was a gap identified by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) in the 2016 White Paper on Defense.

Petros Kranias

Source: Capital

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