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Sudan’s AKINCI Drone Shootdown of Chinese-Made CH‑95 Exposes a New Drone-on-Drone Air War

The Sudanese army says its Turkish-built AKINCI combat drone has shot down another Chinese-made CH‑95 operated by UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces — its second such kill of the day. The encounter shows how Sudan’s civil war is becoming a testbed for drone-on-drone warfare, with foreign-made systems battling in the skies above civilians already battered by ground fighting and hunger.

Sudan’s fragmented civil war is increasingly being fought in the skies by machines built abroad and flown over cities and villages on the brink of collapse. The Sudanese army claims that one of its AKINCI unmanned combat aircraft has shot down a Chinese-made CH‑95 drone operated by the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in an air-to-air engagement — the second such shootdown reported in a single day. The engagement highlights how quickly the conflict has become a proving ground for advanced drone warfare, with foreign technology shaping who lives and who dies on the ground. The AKINCI, developed by Turkey, is a high-end combat drone capable of carrying a significant…

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