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Turkey’s classified SIGINT UAV breaks cover

24th March 2018 - 20:00 GMT | by Grant Turnbull in London

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Photos have emerged online appearing to show a classified signals intelligence (SIGINT) variant of Turkey’s indigenously-built Anka (Phoenix) UAV.

The photos of the intelligence-gathering UAV – known as the Anka-I – flying over an undisclosed location were posted on Twitter by Turkey’s Undersecretariat of Defence Industries (SSM) before being promptly deleted.

Sources indicate that the Anka-I could have been in service for six months and deployed to northern Syria, where Turkish troops are currently taking part in Operation Olive Branch. This, however, cannot be independently verified.

The Anka-I is being operated by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organisation (MIT) and not the

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Grant Turnbull was the editor of Land Warfare International and Digital Battlespace magazines with Shephard …

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