00:00Turkey has been working toward this for years. The footage shows it actually happening. A Bay
00:04Rachter TB-3 taking off from and landing back on the TCG Anadolu at sea. No catapult, no arresting
00:09wire. The TB-3 has folding wings and reinforced landing gear built for exactly this. A short deck
00:14on a moving ship. The exercise wasn't just flight ops. The TB-3 fired MAM-L munitions, laser-guided,
00:20about 15 kilometers of range, with warhead options for armored vehicles, personnel,
00:24or coastal targets. The weapon connected. That closes the loop on the concept. Landing a drone
00:29on a ship is one milestone. Confirming the weapons chain works from a naval platform is another.
00:34The Anadolu now has something it didn't before. A way to keep eyes and targeting coverage up for
00:3920-plus hours at a stretch, well past visual range, without a pilot in the loop. For a ship that
00:43isn't
00:44a full carrier, that's a meaningful expansion of what it can do.
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