How Turkey's new 'kamikaze' drones may outclass Iran's Shahed

How Turkey's new 'kamikaze' drones may outclass Iran's Shahed Submitted by Ragip Soylu on Fri, 05/01/2026 - 11:05 New AI-powered platforms enable coordinated swarms, precisions strikes and resistance to electronic attacks, giving Turkey a major edge in modern warfare Turkish aviation company Baykar's K2 kamikaze drone can conduct precision strikes without using global navigation satellite systems (Handout) Off Over the past year, and two US - Israeli conflicts with Iran, Turkey has focused on how to use "kamikaze" suicide drones in warfare after seeing how effective Tehran's have been. Iran's Shahed drones have been used by Russia in Ukraine in recent years, and Iran's attacks on the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar and Israel during the latest US-Israeli war on Iran this year suggest they are effective against long-range targets as well. The US-Israeli assault and Iran's response is transforming modern warfare.