With all due respect to
@Anmdt and all Turkish members who read this, I wonder why do we still have to acquire fast patrol boats from abroad? Is it about something like a crash project to equip our navy with more ships in the shortest amount of time? Or what?
This is the same question I have when PINDAD "introduced" Caracal assault rifles or that we're still looking to buy 4x4 tactical vehicles from abroad. If it's a matter of the lack of production output capability of our SoEs, so why not expand their production lines or allocating some of them to other, local private companies?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've got this impression that "developing our own defence manufacturing capability" or "reducing dependence from imports" is more of a lip service than a real goal to achieve.