Turkey launches UAV-centric aircraft carrier after being denied F-35s

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Source: Turkish Defence Agency

The NATO member’s floating airfield will deploy rotary-wing assets and fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, but notably no conventional fighter jets, since Turkey was removed from the US-led Lockheed Martin F-35 programme.

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