Turkey to build aircraft carrier
Turkey plans to design and build its first national aircraft carrier in 10 years, Sabah reports.
The ship will be 140 meters long, weighing about 24,000 tons, capable of carrying 8 helicopters, 100 cars and 1000 vehicles.
Turkey has recently built own tank Altay and the ANKA drone.
Adapted from Vestnik Kavkaza
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