Disappointed of "Israeli" Drones: Turkey Returns Failing Ones

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Turkey's military plans to return three tactical UAVs to the Zionist entity due to the vehicles' poor performance and not fulfilling the conditions.
The UAVs, called Aerostars, are built by Aeronautics, an "Israeli" company.
In this context, one procurement official informed "The Defense News" Magazine: "The contract is at a stage of cancellation. The UAVs will be returned."
Turkish officials did not specify the performance problems with the UAVs.
It is worth mentioning that "Israel" became one of Turkey's top arms suppliers in the mid-1990s.
However, after the well-publicized delivery of 10 Heron UAVs in 2010, and the raid on Marmara vessel that led to the death of nine Turks, Turkey reduced diplomatic ties with "Israel". It also canceled several drills with "Israel's" military.

The Turkish press misreported that the UAVs that were returned to "Israel" were Herons, which are medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) UAVs.
The UAVs are mainly used for reconnaissance, surveillance and intelligence purposes, and in some cases as offensive weapons.

For its part, Aeronautics officials did not comment on the Aerostar issue.
An "Israeli" diplomat, Nizar Amir, said he had not heard about the Turkish position. "We have not been informed by Turkish authorities," he said about the Aerostar problem.

Source: Defense News, Edited by moqawama.org