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Yeah that's feasible. TAF would be able to afford a purchase like that, but anything in the double digit billions is stupid, we could put that towards TFX. Could someone go over why UK doesn't give out source codes for T4 EF? UK is willing to give out source codes for Tranche 1 which would allow...

Qatar bought 24 Tranche 3 A Eurofighters for $6 billion, can anyone put an estimate on how much 48 Tranche 4 Eurofighters would cost? I read somewhere that because Qatar wasn't in the EU costs were really high.

Buying 40 T4 Eurofighters will cost over $10 billion+ Even if we spend that kind of money on EF instead of TFX, UK will never give us source codes, and you have Germany that can block sales, parts and whatnot.

In the midterms Bob Menendez' son got elected into Congress, alongside 5 other Greek-American senators. Turkish elections don't even matter, I don't think we will get any F16s for the next 5 years haha...

No, I'm not Indian haha. Arjun Tank is a world renown mess. Indians tried to produce all the component themselves, it has outdated fire control systems and ammunition, large weak spot in armour, crap engine, poor gun accuracy, too heavy, the list goes on.

China spends $300 billion on its military yearly, it has a massive industrial base, has a massive network of industrial espionage, and has thousands of engineers working on jet engines. Yet the engines they produce are subpar - black smoke comes out of the J-20 engines, literally. This project...

It's not about making the engine, anyone can make an engine. Look some random guy on YouTube managed to make a DIY jet engine: It's about making an engine that can withstand very high temperatures alongside long service life components. The engine has to work for thousands of hours, in...

I thought F16s had to be older than 30 years to receive modifications. On contracts signed, it states that F16s cannot be modified without US permission. So this must be breaching contract, no?

This tank won't be ready before 2026. The South Korean transmission made by SNT Dynamics (EST15K) failed to run more than 7600km. It needs to run 9600km like most German transmissions. It failed South Korean durability tests and the transmission was rejected and went back to development. It...

Hello can anybody comment on the stealth capability of Kizilelma, will it be at the same level as F35 or worse? Also does anybody know unit price of Kizilelma drone?

Air Force Descision was F35 and S400. Not just F35. They were not going to give it to us anyway. S400 is just a hoax. Israel and Greece was lobbying heavily against Turkish weapon sales, and US wouldn't break balance of power in Aegean airspace'. If we didn't get S400, they would say: 'Turkey...

Operation will not happen. When the F16 deal passes congress, then the operation will start. It's stupid otherwise because 100% weapons sales will be blocked. Does anyone know the roadmap of how US approves weapons sales?

Hello. Turkish ADs are very new, not battle proven, and military officials don't want to put all eggs in one basket. Russian AD is a gap filler until Turkish AD becomes more advanced and battle proven.

Turkey needed an Air Defence system urgently, it was basically an emergency because there was no high altitude ad system. The only defence we had was our own fighter jets. A stealth fighter jet is less important and not an emergency because non of our neighbours have it. The West did not sell...

The problem with the Turkish economy is inflation. Central Bank which needs to be independent, takes orders from Erdogan to keep interest rates low. High interest = low inflation. High interest rates are like sour medicine, it will lower business investment and cause high unemployment. But in...

Do you think TurAF will use the F16s as bombers until a stealth bomber version of the TFX is released? This route seems most sensible, as F4s are really dangerous to fly, a south korean F4 recently crashed I think. I don't see Turkey getting F35s even after Erdogan is gone.

Can TurAF use the F16 as a bomber aircraft? TFX will replace current F16 fleet. F35 was meant to replace F4 Terminators as bombers. Can we use the F16 being replaced as bomber aircraft and retire F4?

I also want to say this, with the reforms that are pledged by opposition in 2023 elections. Turkey's recovery is max 24 months. Turkey has better fundamentals than Germany or France. I'm not being one of the crazy nationalists. I'm talking about geography, demography, ideology etc. We just need...

This is nothing yet, new government will likely be a coalition with a single president. I'll be voting for IYI. They will have to increase interest rates to 80%-100%, then you will see economic crisis. If Erdogan does this he will guarantee losing the election, the central bank is not...

Basically yes, Turkey should've done these reforms in the 2001 crisis, instead they just moved along with a neoliberal economic model fueld by cheap credit thanks to interest rates. Next government in 2023 needs to cut the relationship between imports and exports. We import raw materials and...