Pakistan’s media is buzzing with reports that Turkey has offered the Pakistan Air Force its latest ANKA-3 stealth combat drone. According to Times of Islamabad, Turkey has ‘officially’ proposed the aircraft, developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and is pitching it as a platform that could give Pakistan a powerful deep-strike capability.

Interestingly, the excitement comes even though Turkey had earlier made similar claims about its Bayraktar TB-2 drones, which, as reports note, failed to perform against India. That setback reportedly hurt TB-2 sales and critics are now joking that Turkey has entered the market again with a ‘new balloon’, the ANKA-3, to revive its image.

Another report by AeroNews Journal adds more drama. It claims Turkey has offered Pakistan the option to local

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