Turkey becomes largest supplier of attack drones, surpassing the United States and China, accounting for 65% of the market

Turkey has become the world’s largest supplier of attack drones. It has left the United States and China behind in this matter. If 100 drones are sold worldwide, then Turkey alone sells 65. This was revealed by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Let us know how much international defense agreements have been completed?

Over the past three decades, Turkey has become the uncrowned king of attack drone (UCAV) sales. It has the most control over the market. Between 1995 and 2023, Turkey’s drone technology and sales increased significantly. This also includes suicide drones, known as kamikazes.

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In fact, the people who wrote this report, Stacey Pettyjohn, Hannah Dennis, and Molly Campbell, wrote an article in June. It has full details of Turkey’s growing drone business. The United States and China are far behind in this regard. Turkey has a lot of simple rules for drone transfer, which is proliferation. That’s why people go to him.

Israel and the United States once competed

There was a time when Israel and the United States had a charisma in the drone market. But now it has been broken by China, Turkey, and Iran. These three countries are offering military drones at low prices. Therefore, different countries and governments are buying them. Turkey’s brilliance was created by the Bayraktar TB2 drone.

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They have been used successfully in attacks in Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh and Ukraine. In 2022, six countries purchased military drones from Turkey. China’s drone sales in 2014. But by 2021, Turkey had left China behind. The reason is that drones are cheap, fast to deliver, and have strong battlefield firepower.

Drone transfers in local areas become easier

From 1995 to 2023, 633 drones were transferred. 40% of drones were sold to Europe. Drone activity has also increased in the Middle East. 134 drones have been transferred there. Since then, drones have also gone as far as Africa. After 2020, two drones will be transferred every year. Turkey’s attack drone sales account for 65% of the total global attack drone sales. China’s share is 26%, and the United States’ share is only 8%.