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Spitfire9 replied to the thread TR TF35000 Turbofan Engine.I think those given dates are not realistic. KAAN has flown for 30 minutes. P1 has not flown yet. TF35000 has not run yet. Turkiye may... -
Spitfire9 replied to the thread TR TF35000 Turbofan Engine.https://en.topwar.ru/264744-obespechit-nezavisimost-ot-kapriznogo-zapada-turcija-pokazala-nacionalnyj-dvigatel-dlja-istrebitelja-kaan.htm...
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TEI has finally announced the TF35000 turbofan engine on companys official website. This information is not currently available on the...
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In a major shift in India’s defence aviation programme, HAL has been excluded from the AMCA project, opening the door for a...
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Spitfire9 replied to the thread TR HÜRJET-Advanced Jet Trainer/ Light attack aircraft.CPFH is not a major factor if you can down drones for $25K instead of $500K. Down 2 drones in a hour and the weapons expended cost is at...
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Spitfire9 reacted to dBSPL's post in the thread TR HÜRJET-Advanced Jet Trainer/ Light attack aircraft with.Both of these are worth addressing together because they're related but they conflate two separate questions: Why Tejas Naval struggled...
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Spitfire9 replied to the thread TR HÜRJET-Advanced Jet Trainer/ Light attack aircraft.Are small fighters practical on carriers without catapults? India abandoned the idea of using their navalised version of Tejas because...
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Spitfire9 replied to the thread Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War.It seems that the financial and economic situation in Russia has taken a turn for the worse. According to Russian commentator Konstantin...
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Spitfire9 replied to the thread TR HÜRJET-Advanced Jet Trainer/ Light attack aircraft.EJ200 weighs about the same as F404 but produces about 15% more thrust than the F404 used in Hurjet. Of course it is not Turkish so no...
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Spitfire9 replied to the thread TR HÜRJET-Advanced Jet Trainer/ Light attack aircraft.I think that there could have been a good market for a Eurojet 100kN engine for single engined fighters. SAAB, HAL, ROK might have...
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Spitfire9 replied to the thread TR Air-Force TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet.4G? Who wants to partner on a new 4G project with Gripen E, F-16, Rafale, Eurofighter, F-15EX in production and Tejas Mk2 due to enter...
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Spitfire9 replied to the thread Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War.Russian economy... https://fortune.com/2026/04/25/russia-economy-reserves-labor-shortage-inflation-gdp-financial-crisis-revolution/ I...
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Spitfire9 replied to the thread Live Conflict Israel-US vs Iran War (2026).Good to hear. This is Israel and America's war, not the war of NATO or the war of the attackers' allies/ex-allies.
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Spitfire9 replied to the thread Indonesia Indonesian Air Force, Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Udara (TNI-AU).Would Indonesia operate both KF-21 and KAAN? I could see some logic in getting a 5G aircraft to operate until KAAN could be delivered...
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Spitfire9 replied to the thread Morocco Moroccan Armed Forces.I recall that a C-390 was sent to Morocco for extensive evaluation last year or the year before. Did anything come out of that?
