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By Stijn Mitzer
Indonesia's
stated desire to acquire drones from Turkey could one day also see an interest in the
Bayraktar TB3, which was designed as a heavier version of the TB2 that
can also operate from aircraft carriers and landing helicopter docks
(LHDs). [1] The Indonesian Navy has already experimented with using fixed-wing UAVs from the helicopter deck of one of its
Dutch-built Diponegoro-class corvettes. [2] Although the UAV could only take-off from
the vessel and had to land at an air base, the effort
clearly indicates that Indonesia is interested in operating shipborne
fixed-wing UAVs.