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I'd question the figure for sure.

It's one way to seed doubt, 2 lies, the 100 figure and the selling codes to Russia. People may debate the selling of codes, but just assume the 100 downed TB2's is true.

The selling of codes will be dismissed as the usual lies, but people will come back assuming the 100 drones shot down is correct.

Yes, the story makes no sense. They are or were selling them to Ukraine (not giving, I don't think Turkey have given Ukraine so much as a bullet?) and with state of Ukraine's budget situation probably ultimately getting US/EU to pay.

They get to learn about them in a war risk-free, they got free advertising for their 2nd rate equipment (I think they have [edit: or, after googling it, are developing!] some better drones they keep for themselves?), even have some Eastern EU countries buying loads of the things, which is depressing given the direct military threat Turkey poses to 2 EU members. They will have some egg on their faces if that balloon goes up.

Even if that story is false IMO the economic assistance, sanctions busting and diplomatic support which NATO "ally" Turkey gives to Russia/Putin is far more important in balance of the war than anything they have provided Ukraine. They don't get criticised enough for that.

The Nrs that count are not the totals, but the tanks/ trucks/ vehicles etc. that are roadworthy. No point having1'000 in stock, but only 150 or so are actually operational. And as has been proven in the past multiple times, the Russian military logistics is in a woeful state.

From what I saw of it, the drone damaged it and it had to be taken some where else for repairs. So yes, it was damaged, but no, it was not blown up. Had it been blown up, it would have been beyond repair.

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Remember when turkey bought Russian s400 Anti aircraft missles that got them kicked out of the F35 program,part of the deal involved turkey locally producing the actual missles ,but Russia took the money and sent one unit of S400s but then refused to send the master codes that would allow ankra to build the missles and then refused to send more missles,

It wouldn't make sense that the Turks would sell the Russians codes for drones that could be in theory used in a conflict involving turkey and Russia,

But Russia and turkey have this weird neither friend not enemy relationship especially as it was apparently the Russians who warned Erdogan of a potential coup a few years back that led to a massive clampdown on democracy and political opposition parties by the Erdogan regime

But yet proved very effective much the the various predator/reaper drones ,they don't need to be fast ,they are primarily a reconnaissance drone able to carry relative Small payload of munitions,

Drones don't need to be fast to be effective,

Inventive. How very Swiss of them.

https://www.defenseromania.ro/coreea-de-sud-a-fost-de-acord-sa-imprumute-statelor-unite-500-000-de-obuze-de-artilerie_622144.html

I agree but we have already entered the war of attrition stage. Drones aren't going to have the impact that you might expect.

Russia is using Wagner mercenaries as 'cannon fodder' so they also aren't complaining about rapists and murderers being easily being picked off.

Coming from the "Leak" back in September a UK surveillance aircraft flying over the blacksea was tracked and intercepted by a Russian Su 27 which actually went step further than others interpretations by actively shooting at aircraft with a missle which failed to Lock and track , now blaming a miscommunication between the pilot and ground crew Operating the radar ,

Following this all RAF surveillance flights over the blacksea were accompanied by a pair of armed Typhoons

Considering this happened several months before the US reaper drone was taken down in the same are how close we came to Nato becoming actively involved in an Article 5 call ,and yet months later they purposely caused the US drone to crash with unsafe menuvers ..

Are they actually wanting a direct conflict with Nato ???

True. It flew towards it, and landed on its radome, damaging it. I posted a video of it here about 240k pages back.