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As much as I can guess those might be some very basic low endurance rotor crafts.. looking something like this.
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We need to up our game.
There were some news that hal flew it's prototype 2 months back but that news vanished maybe fake news or maybe kept secrets but the thing is navy knows what it wants so good to see whatever drone it is
 

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My bad... Let me give you another article link

https://www.savunmasanayist.com/uc-ulkeyi-ucarak-gecen-bayraktar-akinci-azerbaycanda/

This is when Akinci travelled 2000 km. But do show me one instance where they mentioned SATCOM.
Lol are you saying everytime Akinci did a mission they shall be announcing it used satcom for the same? By the way they tested SATCOM in in 2020 itself on its predecessor UAV TB2S. Akinci goes further has two SATCOM sys. Infact it travelled continuously for 7000+ km in 2021

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And in 2022 it travlled 2000 km crossing three countries

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So how do you suggest those flights beyond Line of Sight were possible - if not via SATCOM?
 

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Lol are you saying everytime Akinci did a mission they shall be announcing it used satcom for the same? By the way they tested SATCOM in in 2020 itself on its predecessor UAV TB2S. Akinci goes further has two SATCOM sys. Infact it travelled continuously for 7000+ km in 2021

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And in 2022 it travlled 2000 km crossing three countries

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So how do you suggest those flights beyond Line of Sight were possible - if not via SATCOM?
What you've posted doesn't guarantee the existence of SATCOM. Unless you have reference for SATCOM test in 2020 .

It can be circling 7000 km within the 2/300 km radius of the ground based station , to test it's endurance in terms of kilometers.

And about 2000km travel , those are not hostile countries so it's possible that there can be ground based data relay stations at every 500km .
 

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And about 2000km travel , those are not hostile countries so it's possible that there can be ground based data relay stations at every 500km .
So do you have any references which state it was a GCI controlled flight?
 

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Lol are you saying everytime Akinci did a mission they shall be announcing it used satcom for the same? By the way they tested SATCOM in in 2020 itself on its predecessor UAV TB2S. Akinci goes further has two SATCOM sys. Infact it travelled continuously for 7000+ km in 2021

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And in 2022 it travlled 2000 km crossing three countries

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So how do you suggest those flights beyond Line of Sight were possible - if not via SATCOM?
If I prove that it didn't, then what?
 

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If I prove that it didn't, then what?
You shall be awarded badge
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Seriously speaking: any proofs to contrary are always welcome shall prove useful for grunts who fight long hard internet battles.
 

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And about 2000km travel , those are not hostile countries so it's possible that there can be ground based data relay stations at every 500km .
You don't need to have relay stations for that. Just feed the waypoint data. With help of INS it could easily cover that distance.
 

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As much as I can guess those might be some very basic low endurance rotor crafts.. looking something like this.
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We need to up our game.
Nope. Something far more complex. Endurance north of 2 hours. Capable of entirely autonomous ops.

People dont have any clue about the tech penetration underprogress in the services.
 

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