Turkey has said it exported three unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Saudi Arabia in a recently released report to the UN Register of Conventional Weapons (UNROCA). The report did not not identify the UAVs but listed them under category Ⅳ b, which covers armed UAVs. There are two types being produced in Turkey: the Baykar Bayraktar TB2 and the larger Turkish Aerospace (TUSAS) Anka, both of which can carry guided munitions made by Roketsan. The UNROCA report also said that three unidentified missiles and/or missile launchers were exported to Saudi Arabia: a category that can apply to both surface- and air-launched systems. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on 16 March that Saudi Arabia had requested the sale of armed UAVs, suggesting none had taken place at that time. Saudi Arabia currently operates Chinese-made CH-4 armed UAVs, several of which have now been lost over Yemen, most recently on 20 May, when the Houthi rebels showed the remnants of one they claimed to have shot down with a surface-to-air missile.
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