India's "Eurasian Times" recently published an article pointing out that neighboring Maldives has made a big mistake in strategic choices, and the Maldives is trying to buy TB-2 drones from India's rival Turkey, but the TB-2 drones are not at all comparable to the "Dornier" aircraft "gifted" by India to the Maldives.
TB-2 UAV in Turkey
Indian media claimed that India provided the Maldives with 1 "Dornier" aircraft, as well as 2 advanced light helicopters (ALH). That's right, the ALH here is the famous "North Star", that is, India sold it to Ecuador, and in the end 4 of the 7 were lost, and 1 of them was the one that was dropped at the parade. Ecuador mothballed the remaining 3 Indian helicopters behind it, trying to find a backstabber to sell them, but no one took the blame, and India did not accept returns.
Ecuador had tears in his eyes
The Maldives obviously does not want these things that India has forcibly "gifted", but it is difficult to say clearly, so it means that there is a lack of trained pilots and they are unable to control them. But the meaning of India seems to be that there are no pilots in your family, and there are a lot of them in my family. India previously had troops stationed in the Maldives, including 76 soldiers, which amounted to almost military "control" of the Maldives.
India is to manage 900,000 square kilometres of its exclusive economic zone for the Maldives
The Maldives originally wanted to get together and disperse, but India was so unpopular that the Maldives could not directly issue an eviction order and sweep 76 Indian soldiers out of the house. This is what happened recently, and EurAsia Times also mentioned it, and tried to blame the problem on "India's adversary".
India's "Donier" to the Maldives
Coincidentally, India's "adversary" does not know why there are so many, and Turkey is also regarded as an "adversary" by India. Mainly on the issue of the India-Pakistan dispute, Turkey is clearly on the side of Pakistan. And the Maldives chose the TB-2 drone, which is precisely the model that Turkey is "proud of". In the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the TB-2 UAV "shined". Although on the battlefield in Ukraine, these drones did not perform very well, but the Maldives bought them, even if they were recognized.
Ukrainian TB-2 UAV
Not long ago, Sri Lanka announced that its ports would not accept research ships to dock for the time being, which was a sign of reassurance to India. At the same time, however, the Maldives is opening its ports to welcome research vessels. In addition to our research vessels, Turkish warships are actually licensed from the Maldives. And at a time when the Maldives is hosting Turkish warships, relations between India and Turkey are "hitting rock bottom."
Malé, the capital of the Maldives
So it's no wonder that India's glass heart is broken, and in the eyes of New Delhi, the Maldives is "chaotic and abandoned". And the sour claims of the Eurasian Times that the TB-2 UAV is inferior to the Indian "Dornier" are also clearly indignant.
New Delhi
TB-2 and "Dornier" belong to different types of flying vehicles, in fact, there is no comparison. However, judging from the statements of the Indian media, India has indeed overturned the vinegar jar now, and there are "mixed tastes". India is still struggling with another thing, and that is that the whole South Asian region is now setting off a wave of "India out". I don't know why, how did India get mixed up like this?