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This 56 metre boat is specially built for protecting harbours and near shore areas from submarines and other unwanted vessels. It has a twin barrel 40mm Oto Melara main gun, 2 x 12.7mm Stamp, Roketsan ASW rocket launcher System, 2 x 4 Depth charges. It has space at the back for CAKIR AShMs and...

We may need those OPVs more than we realise. It is not feasible to send a Kimon or even I-Class size frigate to patrol your shores or protect your off shore assets. An Offshore patrol vessel (OPV) in a navy is a small, versatile, and cost-effective warship designed for long-endurance maritime...

I have a feeling the French ship has that. But Greek Kimon doesn’t. Here are pictures taken from delivery ceremony. Can you see any Exocet canisters? Ships are quite modular. Later they can be added if needed. First French one had 16 cell VLS . This one has 32 cells.

If ship to ship fighting is to be done, or naval forces are to be involved in closed seas, then smaller, more agile ones in more numbers will have the upper hand. However, the latest naval skirmishes and warfare has shown us that in closed seas having ships of frigate sizes serve nothing more...

Exactly! Istif is fast and agile and very competent. In an inland sea like Mediterranean and especially in the Aegean and the Adriatic it is of more use to us than a Kimon size frigate; particularly in numbers. So if we can increase the numbers of İstif class ships and most importantly get quad...

Guys, before discussing/arguing about hypersonic missiles, you need to clarify what you mean by “hypersonic” missiles. Most ballistic missiles achieve hypersonic speeds during their midcourse flights. Are they hypersonic missiles? Take Bora missile; during midcourse it reaches hypersonic...

This is great news. Finally we have sight of P1 Kaan. They need to hurry up and fly this asap and produce the P2 and P3 subsequently as well so that all relevant testing procedures are completed before end of 2027 or latest by mid 2028. Then we need to start LRIP cycle to get some Block10...

Iris-T missile systems that consist of air to air, surface to air are built by mainly German technology behind it. Namely DIEHL defence Systems. Rheinmetal for artillery systems, MTU /RR engines for marine use and heavy armoured vehicles, MTU aero engines (derived from old BMW aero engines)...

I had edited and added at the bottom the answer to you question in the previous post.

This agreement has to be looked at from an opposite perspective. It was set up to circumvent Japan’s certain constitutional legislations and obligations, and make it possible to export the jet fighter, rather than a way to block sales. Veto conditions have been lifted. So none of the member...

My take on the subject is quite different. Apparently Japan has certain reservations which has been included in the export sales of the jets to be produced. The GCAP consortium partners (UK, Italy, and Japan) have not agreed to a blanket "no-block" policy on all export sales. Instead, they...

Then come clean and say outright that the 7 ships allocated for Turkish navy will NOT be sold; in stead of beating around the bush. No one believes them after the way they sold TCG Akhisar to Romania.

Russians keep saying their engines are ready to be serially produced. But still use AL41-F1S engines on SU57s. check out these latest photos. Russians showed this engine in a recent air show as the izdeliye117S. The nozzle had serrated edges. Then Russians were testing an engine recently...

I would like to be corrected if I am wrong. But as far as I know, Izdeliye 30 is the name of the main engine of the SU57 while it was being developed in to AL51-F1. (24000lbf dry and 38000lbf wet thrust). This engine is for Russian use only. Izdeliye177S is basically the AL41-F1S engine using...

There are many flaws in your “personal points of view” . First of all there are no friends when it comes to international relations. Today’s friends are tomorrow‘s enemies. Israel was upgrading our tanks and our f4 fighter jets for us not long ago. Now they are seeing us as a major enemy. Egypt...