They should license produced in ukraine and produced in massive quantity.Even lancet with shorter range and duration can produce an excellent results.
We are not fond of getting in wars and to gain what, at the cost of what.
How come is Ukraine our ally. We are not in NATO togather. We have no connection. We have some aligned interests, that's all. You don't see the consequences of angering Russia which is our biggest trade partner. They are building our nuclear power plant and supplying us with gas&oil and tourists among other things. Ukraine has relatively small effect in our lives while Russia has a huge one.
So Anka has weaker engine, less altitude, less speed, less range, less endurance but somehow double the weapon payload? Is this based on 5 weapon station loadout or just the internal ones? The stealth capability also seems made out of thin air.
Empty weight is 1.4 tonnes lighter than the Neuron despite having almost the same dimensions.
I noticed that but if MTOW is only internals then the empty weight difference doesnt matter
It’s never been internals only.
MTOW stands for Maximum Take-Off Weight. So as the name suggests it is the maximum weight with which the plane can manage to take off, with the engine that is on it.
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As the war goes on, the ammunition used becomes primitive.The importance of this platform with a stealthy structure will also emerge in this case.It will be a very important ability to shoot laser-guided cheap ammunition, which can be produced in large numbers and drop from a short range.MTOW stands for Maximum Take-Off Weight. So as the name suggests it is the maximum weight with which the plane can manage to take off, with the engine that is on it.
That includes everything ; the payload (internal plus external) and fuel.
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The Dassault nEUROn UCAV is configured as a flying notched delta wing with no vertical tail. The nEUROn is composed of an all composite skin built on an aluminum frame (Withington, 2011). Parts and components materials also include high-performance alloys and titanium alloys. It is characterized by a length of approximately 9.4 m, a wingspan of approximately 12.4m, an empty weight of approximately 4900kg, and a maximum take-off weight of approximately 7000 kg. The system is reportedly capable of reaching a maximum speed of approximately 268 m/s.
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Clearly Neuron has been built with composites over an Aluminium frame including high performance alloys and Titanium alloys. It seems that our Anka-3 has less weight. Suggesting more cleverly and better usage of composites. Which is expected as Tusas has learnt from the best when it comes to composites.
Anka-3 also has to consider stand off attack posture as well as stealthy deep strike. With ammunition like Super-Simsek or SOM-J missiles under its belly, it may be compromising some of its stealthiness. But it can inflict more damage further away with such a configuration as Super-Simsek can fly a further 700km after it has been launched and SOM-J has a range of nearly 300km.
With a couple of indigenous small diameter bombs in each internal compartments, it can still strike stealthily in to deep enemy strongholds.
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Turkey's ANKA-3 Flying Wing Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Emerges
Turkey's ANKA-3 is a stealthy unmanned combat air vehicle that aims to fit within a growing locally-developed advanced air combat ecosystem.
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It's a wing form that we don't know much about it yet.I also read a news article about the embargoes imposed on the project and the brake systems being asymmetrical.So delays are normal.There is no need to rush.
Holidays,
Since November 2022?
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