Ongoing developments show that Iraq may be a second neighboring country after Azerbaijan to receive unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) from Turkey.
Already attracting high demand, the made-in-Turkey drones were sold to several countries recently, with one export deal coming after another, especially for the Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs made by Baykar.
However, such a deal with Iraq would have different outcomes and could possibly have other military and political connotations, according to a report by TRT Haber on Thursday.
The report cited claims by international media outlets on the possible sale that said Iraq’s Cabinet allocated $100 million for the procurement.
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