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Israel is powerless to act – in all three theatres, people are simply waiting for a flashpoint and a fatal mistake on Israel’s part, in the form of a military strike against Turkey. Should this happen, the following would occur: the US would have to deploy massive numbers of troops and equipment...

Baykar should consider developing a drone capable of carrying a payload of 80–90 kg and featuring VSTOL capabilities – our frigates and destroyers would certainly welcome this. If every frigate or destroyer could carry 2–4 such drones, the operational range and utility would be immense...

Different League more Champions League in Color Grading and presentation. I think this is the best image composition Baykar has produced or commissioned to date. The Mavi Vatan Clip It’s a good idea! But the execution is absolutely dreadful. I hadn’t used any quick cuts, but rather calm shots...

And to hell with them… as far as I’m concerned, they can celebrate it 100 times over – they’re powerless now. They can’t achieve anything operationally anymore. Like the ETA, they’ll slowly disintegrate from within. I hope our government pushes this forward; there will certainly still be...

That costs money and we have not the capacity – we’re not the US, Russia or China, which can manufacture and maintain 4–5 different types of manned aircraft on a long-term basis. For us, 2–3 aircraft is really as far as we can go. TAI KAAN TAI Hürjet TAI Hürküs That actually puts us in a very...

Diameter, weight and length – the F-110/TF-35000 is simply in a league of its own, even without afterburner. You can’t just swap out engines like that; you’d have to completely redesign the airframe. The result would inevitably be a new aircraft. The standard F-404 engine, as a single-jet unit...

That may all be true, but the aircraft simply needs more Power/Thrust – 17,700 lbf is just not enough. For LCA & Naval platform, the range and the kinematics, you need at least 20,000 lbf, or better still 22,000 lbf. How do you intend to control the Airspace in open Sea, apart from Ship Air...

Why? An TF-10000 can replace the AI322F on a one-to-one basis – do we currently have an F-404-class engine? No … will we have an F-404/414-class engine within the next 8–10 years? No … the focus for the time being is on the TF-6000/10,000 and the TF-35,000. The Hürjet, as a trainer and light...

It doesn’t, after all, depend on the success or failure of the Hürjet programme with British or European buyers. The Target Markets for the Hürjet Trainer and the LCA are Africa, the Middle East, Turkish Staates, Asia and perhaps South America as well. However, this would mean phasing out the...

Nobody is saying that Turkey should naively enter into an alliance and then allow itself to be taken advantage of. I do understand your concern, but there is simply no time left for hesitation: the US and Israel, together with India, France, Greece and Cyprus, are putting pressure on Arab states...

No one is claiming that we are attacking – we are supplying Saudi Arabia with TB2 Drones and Ammunition, as well as C4ISR data for defence purposes; moreover, the Houthis, as an organisation, are officially stateless; they are, after all, a militia, and therefore a proxy force. Iran would have...

What Turkey can already offer Saudi Arabia in the coming weeks and months is the sharing of information on Turkey’s Radar and C4ISR capabilities for the early detection of attacks, so that counter-measures can be initiated – this alone makes a huge difference. The next step would be to supply...

That is correct, but the Technology and Expertise we have acquired – both Software and Hardware – are based on US technology from the late 200Xs, the development of which was completed in Turkey in 2015 as part of the CCIP programme. The Tranche 4 Eurofighter is already based on technology from...

Don’t underestimate this: the Eurofighters that are coming will also bring with them a significant transfer of technology, including MRO capabilities. It is not a question of copying them exactly, but of understanding them – their logic as fighter aircraft and other approaches to...

YF-22 ATF TAI KAAN PT1 You can see just how much TAI KAAN was inspired by the YF-22 ATF. It bears a closer resemblance to this version of the Raptor.