Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said his country is aiming to produce unmanned tanks, Anadolu Agency reports.
Erdogan was speaking at the 11th Development Plan Publicity Meeting in Turkish capital Ankara.
He expressed gratitude to manufacturers of unmanned aerial vehicles used in Turkey's counter-terror operation in Afrin and said: "Almost all armored personnel carriers in Afrin are domestically made.”
Speaking about Turkey's unmanned aerial vehicles, Erdogan said Turkey produces its own. "We will take a step further. Now we have to produce unmanned tanks and we will do it."
He said both public and private sectors in Turkey are cooperating in the field of defense.
Erdogan added Turkey’s budget for defense projects was $5.5 billion in 2002 and it has exceeded $41 billion in 2017.
