Turkey joins drone-carrier operations club with first takeoff and landing from Turkish ship

The next arms race! Goodbye aircraft carriers! Welcome drone carriers! Just kidding!

"Turkish firm Baykar’s unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) Bayraktar TB3 performed its first successful flight test to take off and land on the Turkish ship TCG Anadolu, a short runway vessel, the firm said Tuesday in a statement. ..."

Turkey joins drone-carrier operations club with first takeoff and landing from Turkish ship - Breaking Defense "“The flight, conducted at the convergence of the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas, lasted for 46 minutes before the aircraft successfully landed back on the same short runway, without the need for any landing support equipment,” defense firm Baykar said in a statement"

Bayraktar TB3 prepares to take off from Turkish ship TCG Anadolu.