Guys, let’s get real.
With it’s educational push and a lot of hard work and sacrifice after the Korean war, South Korea has become one of the top dogs in the East when it comes to industrial and technological development. Their achievement can be nothing short of enviable.
They have not alienated all their hens that laid golden eggs, while getting there, like we have done. And correctly too!
This is a country that has a nominal gdp of 1.85billion dollars and a population of 51 million. It has a well established automotive production capacity while carrying it’s own brands with a world leading electronics and heavy industries to top it.
Without their input Altay tank could not have materialised. And they came to it’s rescue with the engine and transmission when we were left in the lurch by the Germans.
It is not a clever and economically correct thing to manufacture everything in house for a vehicle or weapon system. Mercedes uses Renault engine blocks in its 1500cc engines. Many parts for major car manufacturers are obtained from far east.
Just because some Boeing planes‘ parts are manufactured abroad (Tusas being amongst them) or the engines have parts that are manufactured by subcontractors (like, TEI, MTU Aero and IHI) doesn’t make that plane any less developed. The design is still American.
Let us not belittle others. But look at what we are doing. We are at the precipice of getting stuck on KAAN project now. US f110 engine supply is a big question mark still.
We don’t know when our indigenous engine will be ready to fly KAAN. Whether we will encounter any obstacles in its development is an unknown at the moment. That is why we are buying Typhoons.
I would like to add something here that i think the Korean posters should be aware about. There is a situation in Japan where the Japanese were initially being made to hate Turks, but unlike most of the world they were quick to realise the game that was going on. A game that had nothing to do with ethnic Turks, but a certain group that is hostile to Turkiye despite using Turkish visa free travel to get Japan in the first place.
Another group the Armenians in the USA/West are known to have troll farms whose whole intent is to sow divisions, hatreds and tensions against Turks and Turkiye. Its worth keeping in mind that online we have many entities hostile to us and they are always looking for opportunities to sow discord among anyone who is friendly with Turks and Turkiye.
So what I'm trying to say, just like the Japanese were quick to spot it, if you see certain things online which sow discord, 99 times out of a 100 its not an actual "Turk" doing it, no matter how much they present themselves as such. Don't be fooled about whether they are from Turkiye, can speak Turkish or have a Turkish name, 99 times out of a hundred these people stem from hostile and bitter minority groups who have dreams of carving Turkiye up.
The common Turk is no moron, he's not going to throw shade at South Korea. In reality when the Turk considers someone a friend as seen with pakistani/bangladesh he's only going to say good things. That's his nature.
In the past i actually raised the prospects of Turkiye buying this Korean plane instead of western planes. forget f16's, forget Eurofighter, but to get this instead.
