Türkiye's PIRANA Kamikaze USV Destroys Target With 100 kg Warhead Under Bayraktar TB2 Control

Türkiye's Machinery and Chemical Industry (MKE) said its PIRANA one-way attack unmanned surface vessel destroyed a surface target using a 100-kilogram warhead while controlled via a Bayraktar TB2 during the Turkish Navy's TURNAs-2026 exercise off Antalya. PIRANA had previously destroyed a surface target during the DENİZKURDU-I exercise, when it was controlled from a Tuzla-class patrol vessel. A separate earlier trial demonstrated a data link with a Bayraktar TB3, but that was not the control method used in the previous strike. The latest test demonstrated airborne control of a naval attack vehicle; MKE has not announced production quantities, unit costs or a delivery schedule.