Huge 66-ft Turkish drones are hunting million-dollar Chinese UAVs in Africa in another war barely anyone talks about
- Sudan's army has destroyed at least six Chinese-made CH-95 drones since June 2026
- The Akıncı costs roughly $25 million, twelve times more than the CH-95
- Armed drones are now the leading cause of civilian deaths in Sudan
Sudan's civil war has continued since April 2023, when the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) first clashed across the country's cities and provinces.
Above the battlefields, a quieter contest has unfolded between two very different classes of unmanned aircraft flying for opposing sides.
A Turkish-built Bayraktar Akıncı has repeatedly intercepted Chinese-made CH-95 drones flown by the RSF this summer.
Turkish Akıncı takes on Chinese CH-95
The CH-95 is a medium-altitude, long-endurance aircraft built for reconnaissance, electronic warfare, and strike missions.
It weighs around 650 to 1,000 kilograms, carries a payload of up to 170 kilograms, and its endurance can exceed 12 hours depending on configuration, with a reported...
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