Bayraktar TB2 vs Wing Loong II
Turkey and China compete in the export market for armed medium-altitude drones. The Wing Loong II is larger than the TB2: 20.5 metres of wingspan against 12 and a stated payload of about 480 kg against 150. The Chinese figures come from trade shows and open sources, and the TB2's range is its line-of-sight link, so the range comparison is not like-for-like.
Size to scale
Wing Loong II is 1.7 times larger than Bayraktar TB2 · Range: a 10× difference
Reference range
Bayraktar TB2 — 150 km
Wing Loong II * — 1,500 km
Logarithmic scale from 1 km to 100,000 km.
Payload or warhead
Bayraktar TB2 — 150 kg
Wing Loong II * — 480 kg
Logarithmic scale from 1 kg to 10,000 kg.
Bayraktar TB2
12 m · 150 km · 150 kg
Baykar: line-of-sight link range; about 27 hours of endurance.
Wing Loong II *
20.5 m · 1,500 km · 480 kg
Chinese export drone; trade-show and open-source figures.
* Open-source estimate. Range may be control-link, flight or ferry range depending on the system; it is not a combat radius.
Figures used and how reliable they are
- Bayraktar TB2: 12 m, 150 km, 150 kg. Baykar: line-of-sight link range; about 27 hours of endurance.
- Wing Loong II*: 20.5 m, 1,500 km, 480 kg. Chinese export drone; trade-show and open-source figures.
* Wing Loong II: estimated or disputed figure; it does not come from a verifiable official data sheet and should be read as indicative.
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Sources / References
- U.S. Air Force official fact sheets for the MQ-1, MQ-9 and RQ-4.
- Baykar, AeroVironment and Teledyne FLIR public product sheets.
- RUSI reports on drone use in Ukraine.
- CSIS and IISS open-source analysis of Shahed, Lancet and Orlan.