WATCH: Türkiye’s MKE successfully tested its PİRANA kamikaze unmanned surface vessel during the Denizkurdu-I 2026 naval exercise, hitting a surface target with a live 100 kg warhead for the first time

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WATCH: Türkiye’s MKE successfully tested its PİRANA kamikaze unmanned surface vessel during the Denizkurdu-I 2026 naval exercise, hitting a surface target with a live 100 kg warhead for the first time. Designed with a low-cost, simple, and effective philosophy, PİRANA can operate solo or in swarms, using stealth features to evade radar. It reaches speeds over 40 knots, has a mission range exceeding 200 nautical miles, and can be controlled remotely via radio or satellite, or operate autonomo