Ragıp says Mitsotakis' visit was also cancelled. He was supposed to go to UAE tomorrow and then to India. But he also had a phone call with him today.
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As well as Istif, Gezgin is the main reason they have longer VLS. Siper would only be good enough to carry any future Siper B3 so others could guide it, as Cenk-400 and FCRs simply wouldn't cut it.
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Kimon's Sylver A70 will probably by able to house 8 McDNs. 8 Exocets are in the quad launchers behind the bridge. It will have 3x8 A50s and probably 1x8 A70 but that's not yet certain. Below infographic is outdated but shows both quad launchers and the VLS.
All true, and it's not done by anyone else so far; but would be a huge boon. Kaan is big and has lots of fuel to go all the way to Libya and do CAP there. 6 long sticks will be needed for future.
I had and still do have my reservations on Kaan's IWB space. Too big of a jet, but until yesterday it probably couldn't carry 4 long range AAMs. Goal should be 6; but unsure if that's planned.
Kimon and the FDI are great ships. But they are also larger oceangoing ships. Istif is a faster ship and more suited for closed seas like Med.
This a multidimensional issue. Firstly, we shouldn't expect frigates to take a big role between islands in southeast Aegean. We will see them in the...
Seeing Korhan and not Korkut on flatbed makes me think that this must be a test system and not a product. But, Aselsan indeed put these things on everything so let's see.
To me, most substantial change we have between P0 and P1 so far is the length increase between the two engines. No doubt IWB at the back is now larger, that's good.
