Missiles, deadly Bayraktar Drones, loitering munition: How Turkey is helping Pakistan with dangerous weapons, India can…
Why is Turkey helping Pakistan with Missiles, deadly Bayraktar Drones, loitering munition: In a significant development for India and its external security, Turkey has reportedly increased its supply of weapons and drones to Pakistan by leaps and bounds after Operation Sindoor. For those unversed, India conducted Operation Sindoor against terror locations of Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir in May this year. Here are all the details regarding the dangerous weapons Pakistan is getting from Turkey.
Latest media reports have indicated that Turkey is providing Pakistan with dangerous weapons like KARGI Loitering Munition, Bayraktar TB2 Drone and YIHA UAVs.
Turkey’s move to help Pakistan is seen as a strategic alignment aimed at counterbalancing India’s growing defense capabilities. As per geopolitical experts, the enhanced Turkey-Pakistan military partnership could pose new security challenges for India, particularly along the western border. The development is also being closely monitored for its potential impact on regional power dynamics and India’s strategic interests.
As per a report by ABP Live, Turkey, under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has given Pakistan KARGI drones (Loitering Munition), which have a range of 500 nautical miles.
What should India do?
With respect to India’s perspective, India should be wary of the Turkey-Pakistan alliance and expose it on the international stages.
Pakistan, Turkey and Azerbaijan setup anti-India nexus
The growing nexus between Islamabad-Ankara-Baku is expected to deepen and broaden further during the visit of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to Azerbaijan after concluding his ongoing visit to Iran.
Readers should note that Pakistan had targeted Indian civilian, military and religious sites by using Turkey’s indigenously-developed armed drone system Asisguard Songar drones that were neutralised by India’s strong air defences.
Analysts reckon that Pakistan, cornered and left with just a handful of ‘all-weather friends’, is working hard to build an anti-India stand while Turkey under Erdogan tries to position itself as a Muslim world leader.
(With inputs from agencies)
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