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Turkish plans for 5M kamikaze drones in 5 years

Bottom line

Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu announced plans to produce 5 million kamikaze drone systems within five years and 10 million within a decade, signaling a massive expansion of national unmanned warfare capabilities.

Why it matters

A 5-million-unit production target would significantly alter the global drone market and supply chains, potentially flooding conflict zones with low-cost systems and pressuring NATO defense industries to scale up mass production capabilities.

Turkish military leadership has outlined an ambitious production target for loitering munitions, aiming for 5 million systems in five years and 10 million in a decade. This announcement, reported by Asharq Al-Awsat, indicates a strategic shift toward mass-produced, low-cost unmanned systems to sustain long-term conflict operations.

Evidence — 1 independent origin

  • Telegram channel:Faytuks Networksource Borigin t.me
    Original text (excerpt)

    Turkey aims to produce 5 million kamikaze drone systems within five years and 10 million within a decade, Chief of General Staff Gen. Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu announced, outlining plans to dramatically expand the country's unmanned warfare capabilities.

NamedSelçuk BayraktaroğluTopicsdronesmanufacturingnato region

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Robot War (2026). Turkish plans for 5M kamikaze drones in 5 years. Hetzner OSINT, 24 October 2026. https://robotwar.io/osint-hetzner/2026-10-24--turkish-plans-for-5m-kamikaze-drones-in-5-years/

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  howpublished = {\url{https://robotwar.io/osint-hetzner/2026-10-24--turkish-plans-for-5m-kamikaze-drones-in-5-years/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Hetzner OSINT finding B3}
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