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I believe our guys' collective reaction to all those experiences over the years basically were, "oh we are so cooked against these modern jets". Wish we get to read some memoirs on TurAFs 2010s in the future. But I really doubt all those trainings ever came close to actual real world experience...

Nope. That's just dangerous.

Wildcat is a 6ton MTOW naval helicopter with 2 of the very similar CTS800-4N engines. It is deployed with one and was tested with 2 LWTs. First Wildcat here is carrying a Korean Blue Shark, larger and heavier than Orka. Stub wings are not really wings, they are just there to carry things...

Seahawk is a great platform, but the version we have is a very specialized variant in ASW. Americans also employ MH-60S in general utility variant as well. T625N will fill that role. in general utility, SAR, VERTREP etc. I wrote about the navy's rotorwing needs last year: We need 12+ ton big...

You're not disagreeing with the quote there. 5.4B GBP includes aircraft, weapons and "integration": "The UK Government has announced a c.£5.4 billion agreement with the Republic of Türkiye for the purchase of 20 Typhoon aircraft and an associated weapons and integration package"...

RIP.

Lovely reporting from TurDef. UK Embassy Details Türkiye’s Eurofighter Timeline and Rights The UK Embassy in Ankara has given TurDef full written answers about Türkiye's plans to buy 20 Eurofighter Typhoon planes. This is the first formal timetable marker and numerous policy-level...

This is not correct. F-16V has all the avionic bells and whistles of a modern 4.5 gen fighter. It's still short of breath and is small but it is very potent. US is planning to use its 600 odd F-16s modernized under the PoBIT well into 2040s. US F-16s today are deployed to Japan, Korea, Middle...

Meanwhile Israel is working overtime to put a wrench in the diplomacy. "Netanyahu held a meeting this month with Frank St. John, COO of Lockheed Martin. Subject: Block Saudi Arabia & Turkey from obtaining F-35 jets...

I get that you're thinking Koçhisar will go too? In this case, these two ships either will be the fastest delivered Milgems ever, or they will only arrive in 2030s.

That's the Istanbul Shipyard, which is private. They are building the first FAC with STM. Speaker clearly says Istanbul Tersanesi Komutanlığı, which is the Istanbul Naval Shipyard Command, it's situated to the north. 2 OPVs were built there and now speaker says a new OPV will be built by them...

It will be built in Istanbul naval shipyard and not the private consortium, so he's not mentioning one of the 4 consortium is set to build; no losing numbers. Interesting nonetheless. @Anmdt will they have space for both Seferihisar and TF2000?

We don't really know what the fresh build Turkish Typhoons will look like, nor do we really know the delivery timeline. We only have "they will be brand new". But, Tranche 5 production did not start yet. Neither is Mk2 radar ready for production. If we go for that route, first brand new planes...

Güler agrees with me. "The unit costs of the Eurofighter aircraft that Türkiye will acquire are at the same level as those of the countries included in the Eurofighter production consortium. A significant portion of the contract price also consists of munition and mission equipment."

Per what's available, they didn't deliver any so far.