The Nigerian Air Force is waiting to receive Turkish Bayraktar TB2 strike drones.
What
Known
Nigeria decided to buy Turkishunmanned aerial vehicles after the poor performance of Chinese assault drones. The country's Ministry of Defense has agreed with Baykar to supply six UAVs.
Nigerian Army's Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs to be delivered soon.
Nigeria ordered 6 Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs along with 2 Ground Control Stations.
The training of the Nigerian Army staff has almost been completed. pic.twitter.com/RFW12xTttd
— Clash Report (@clashreport) September 23, 2022
Very soon Turkey will start supplying BayraktarBT2 to Nigeria. Military personnel are already completing drone control training. In addition to unmanned aerial vehicles, Nigeria will receive two ground control stations.
For those who are not in the know
The largest operators of Bayraktar TB2 in addition toTurkey's own are Ukraine and Azerbaijan. African countries are also beginning to actively buy drones. Drones Bayraktar TB2 are already in service with Morocco, Niger, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Togo, Djibouti, Rwanda, Angola and Tunisia.