The small but deadly armed drones at the ready, armed with machine guns and bullets, surprised everyone

A Turkish firm has developed an armed drone called “Songar” that is armed with a machine gun and 200 rounds of ammunition, while its aim is so powerful that it can accurately target a human being from a distance of 656 feet. is

The Turkish army has purchased this drone which will be put into use by the military forces during the next year.

The Sonar armed drone is developed by the Turkish company Asisgard. Although the company website doesn’t say how long it can fly once it’s refueled (or fully charged), it’s clear that a drone operator can operate it from a distance of 10 kilometers. is

When fully armed, it can weigh a maximum of 25 kg in flight and reach an altitude of 2800 m.

It has two cameras installed, one of which is the pilot camera, which allows the drone operator to monitor its surroundings and route. Its zoom lens is capable of displaying images magnified up to 10 times. A second camera is mounted on the breech of the machine gun which comes in handy when aiming at the target.

When closed, it is 65 cm wide, 62 cm long and 75 cm high, but in flight, when its wings open and rotate, its width increases to 105 cm, a little over a meter. It happens.

This is nothing new in terms of armed drones, but it is very unique among short-sized armed drones as it has two systems specifically designed to keep the target in flight.

It should be noted that while firing, the push of bullets in the opposite direction (recoil) can cause mis-targeting.

To avoid this, the first system is equipped with sensitive devices that note its vibrations and corrects it, while the second system consists of a robotic arm that repeatedly returns the muzzle of the machine gun to the correct target. Keeps bringing.

Small armed drones are a matter of technology as well as politics. Last month, the US Defense Secretary accused China of selling similar small armed drones to various countries in the Middle East, but China strongly denied the allegation.

Defense experts say that the direct role of human soldiers in future wars is likely to diminish as technologies such as robots and drones become so advanced that there will be little difference between actual warfare and video game warfare. However, this idea is only a hypothesis so far, the decision to become a reality or not will be made only in the coming years.