Recent content by Ripley

We should also take into account the political and even strategic concerns of any given country as well, I believe. Like one man’s food other man’s poison, you know. Turkey, for instance, parading every step of its projects with a lot of fanfare, if you ask me. But I also can understand the...

I must admit, i don’t follow media influencers. Some, I’m only aware of, some vaguely have an idea about but the gist of it, I can’t say I care what they say. Carlson’s shift surprised everyone (yes, I’m aware of this one) but from where he stands it’s not (technically) very much far from where...

“Mustafa Kemal was not a socialist. But it seems that a good organizer is a highly understanding, progressive, good-thinking and intelligent leader. He is waging a war of liberation against the robbers. I believe that he will humiliate the imperialists and defeat the Sultan with his wound. (V...

Ok, thanks for the clarification @Nilgiri

So let me get this straight; the Dutch took over a Chinese owned company which 70% of its core production materialized in China with the hope that they‘d (Dutch, not Chinese) pass the US scrutiny just fine. And Dutch also hoped/believed that they’d continue to be the sole chip distributor with a...

I can’t see that happening as her husband was born outside USA and only a naturalized citizen.

This is a big deal really

I thought, this was an exclusive collaboration deal between BAE and TUSAŞ

Not desperate but as it scares, leave its allies alone and sometimes dump them in favor of another, one by one its irritated allies will stay away from US weapon systems.

Krallll! and I love you too Gurbonov 😇 Aslan Galatasaray Aslan Karabağ Hadi Fener Hadi Samsun Hadi be!

Beautiful. I filtered country of origin as Turkey and waited for Göktürk to move above Turkey. Nobody showed up. Only a ITUPSAT1 passed over Turkey. Turns out it was an İTÜ satellite and it was launched from India in 2009. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITUpSAT1

And again, that Australian panelist looking at the world through his rose colored glasses and saying that they will achieve stuff and deliver it shortly and cheaply!

I really admire the optimism of the Australian panelist.

You guys wanna know who was the evil perpetrator all behind that started WW2? Watch! The tragedy of Austro-Hungary the wise! Can’t go wrong with this title 🤩

Agree. Never been a fan of this livery. Not only the livery scheme but the colors also bother me. What is this? Patrouille de France support helicopter or something?