{"id":63363,"date":"2022-12-22T17:55:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T17:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/22\/albania-orders-three-armed-tb2-drones\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:47:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:47:29","slug":"albania-orders-three-armed-tb2-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2022\/12\/22\/albania-orders-three-armed-tb2-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Albania orders three armed TB2 drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=1f9ed334-5f8b-4300-bca7-2270ebc6be74\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-1f9ed334-5f8b-4300-bca7-2270ebc6be74.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Widely circulated videos of Russian armored vehicles being destroyed from the air have thrust forward a lesser known drone called the Bayraktar TB2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ANKARA, Turkey \u2014 Turkish company Baykar has signing a deal with Albania to sell three Bayraktar TB2 armed drones, the UAV manufacturer announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe signed an export contract with Albania, a country we have walked along for centuries and share strong historical, cultural and humanitarian ties,\u201d Baykar\u2019s president, Haluk Bayraktar, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/haluk\/status\/1605244121001631748\" target=\"_blank\">announced Dec. 20 in a tweet<\/a>. \u201cThe number of countries with which we signed export contracts for our #BayraktarTB2 UAVs became 27.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neither Albania nor Turkey, both of whom are NATO members, announced the contract price or delivery timetable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Albania said the drones will be ready for action should the country\u2019s national security comes under threat, and that the TB2s will also support the police force. 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