Turkey has test-fired a supersonic ballistic missile from an unmanned combat aerial vehicle, striking a surface target in the Black Sea located 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the drone’s launch site.
Footage released by Baykar showed the Akinci drone taking off from the Corlu Flight Training and Test Center in Turkey’s Marmara region.
The aircraft flew across the Black Sea before releasing a Roketsan-made UAV-300 ballistic munition from beneath its wing and hitting the simulated target.
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