Recent content by Spitfire9

You mention the ruble being strong. Ironically, that is bad news for the Russian government. The Russian budget is calculated using rubles. 50 USD revenue per barrel of Russian crude sold converts to 5,000 rubles per barrel @ 1 USD=100 rubles. Change the rate to 1 USD=80 rubles and Russia...

https://united24media.com/latest-news/100000-tons-of-munitions-still-detonating-at-russian-military-depot-7802

https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2025-04-21/russias-slowing-economic-growth-cuts-demand-for-chinese-imports Expensive finance depressing demand? Reuters interviewed 25 cognoscenti in the last few days. 25 out of 25 thought that the central bank will hold the rate at 21% in their...

I think KAAN would be overkill for Brazil. It is not under threat. Additionally it should see its first F-39 (Gripen E) aircraft rollout of its assembly line this year. The FAB halted Gripen E deliveries from Sweden for budgetary reasons, I think, a year ago to explore lower cost options (used...

Not sure where to post this but since it involves the air force, I'm posting it here. Is Turkiye interested in a 25 tonne class airlifter in the near future? The C-390 offers more speed than A400M. It has demonstrated operational availability of around 80% and 99% mission completion rate in...

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/russia-economy-meltdown-as-kremlin-loses-major-oil-buyer-while-price-of-crude-hits-51/ar-AA1Dd514?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=68c27e27a8e14843881648d077804854&ei=9

To me Eurofighter does appear to be the only alternative unless you call Gripen E an alternative and there is no guarantee that would be deliverable in numbers in a suitable timeframe. Same problem with KF-21, I think. Even if Turkiye would buy from France, what I read from India is that it may...

I take your point. Better not to sell to any regime that oppresses its people IMO.

I'm sorry, locking up the politician most likely to defeat Erdogan in a free election was what prompted this as far as I can see. Before that and all the demonstrations that followed, Germany was agreeable to Eurofighter supply. What you say about German dislike/hatred for Turkiye being the...

If they don't, as you put it, 'give a fuck about this stuff' then why is it that they don't all want to take the profit to be made from selling Eurofighter to Turkiye?

Democracy and freedom stuff is important to the people of Europe. Some of us and some of our governments will continue to parrot it to countries wanting to buy our kit. We don't support despots. If the Turkish government wants to buy Eurofighter, there is an easy way to do that - stop behaving...

That's your view. One thing that surprises me is that in the string of responses to my post, nobody is prepared to acknowledge that what I wrote is true about Turkiye and untrue (written for effect) about the EU countries. Le Pen? Not a big deal what she did but she should have been more...

Indeed. Responsible for appalling injustices and war crimes. I find it shameful that the European countries criticise it so little and take even less action against it.

Sure. The EU countries are known for locking up politicians, making expressions of opposition to the government by the people illegal, muzzling or controlling the media, arresting journalists etc, so what right do EU countries have to oppose similar tyranny in Turkiye?