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Oh! I have definitely read what I wrote. But you haven’t read what I have written. It just means that, with the right length and fuel, it has a potential of 2500km range. That is why a turbofan is a necessity. just because, due to the limitation of nuclear cruise missiles agreement, the higher...

Before you write such definitive statements, you should investigate and support your claim with valid sources. https://www.britannica.com/technology/Tomahawk-cruise-missile Quote The Tomahawk is a long-range, unmanned weapon with an accuracy of about 5 metres (16 feet). The 5.6-metre-...

A reciprocal squadron consisting of similar number of Rafale planes should be (if not already there) in Turkiye. https://www.blogbeforeflight.net/2022/10/qatar-deploy-fighter-aircraft-turkey.html#:~:text=Qatar%20will%20soon%20deploy%20some,pilots%20to%20train%20in%20Turkey. A set up of 250...

It s a good and correct decision to design a carrier for the Turkish Navy, since we have the know how to build one; albeit with some help from UK and Spain. . It will however be the wrong decision to build one under these economic conditions. It is too expensive to build and sustain with our...

This was discussed here few times. Up to about 1200 to even 1400km range it doesn’t make economical sense to use a turbofan engine. Tomahawk missiles have 2400km range. Fuel is precious commodity in such a long range. It has to take the missile longer per litre burnt. So a more expensive but...

The project was initially designed with Indonesia funding 20 percent of the 8.1 trillion won total cost, in exchange for technology transfer and participation in the production process. As a result of the reduced financial contribution of Indonesia, the benefits Indonesia will receive, including...

https://turdef.com/article/tusas-expands-its-presence-in-indo-pacific Here is the Turkish take of the same news regarding Indonesian office of Tusas. Tusas had opened a similar office in Malaysia when it was offering Hurjet to the Malaysian government. Some media centres are probably drawing...

A 285 metre long 65000 ton carrier is a seriously large ship. Having said that, both Single and Twin engined KEs and Anka-3 drones are not too different than a fighter jet and a bomber jet in their potential capabilities. Just slightly smaller in size and a great deal cheaper. Instead of a 150m...

Tusas has been working on the design of a navalised Hurjet for quite sometime. If we are to navalise and structurally improve the Hurjet to withstand the harsh environment in which it will be used, then it makes economical sense to use these planes as light attack aircrafts too. Otherwise...

https://www.savunmasanayist.com/tf-2000-hava-savunma-muhribi-icin-beklenen-aciklama-geldi/ Finally The President has disclosed that the long awaited construction work on the TF2000 destroyer is to start shortly in İstanbul shipyards. Although 4 x TF2000 program was first planned to be the 9th...

https://turdef.com/article/turkish-submarine-milden-s-construction-to-start-in-2025 Milden construction to start in 2025 as disclosed whilst the first Reis Class is being accepted in to naval forces inventory. Turkish Navy’s real indigenisation of submarine program is to start as a whole from...

Without going in to aerodynamics 101 too much, let us just look at the forces that play a part in flight. There are 4 basic forces that act upon a plane. Weight, Thrust, Drag and Lift. They are all interdependent on each other during the flight. Thrust and speed induced drag, is the force that...

Nice calculation! But in 1973 Yom Kippur war, 3 million Israelis with 400 thousand soldiers; fought against 37million Egyptians, 7 million Syrians, 7 million Saudis and a Moroccan, Iraqi and Cuban contingents with an army over a million soldiers, and still won. It is not quantity that matters...

I like your enthusiasm. I wish if it were that simple though. What you are suggesting entails substantial changes. Hürjet was designed and built primarily as a trainer. As a secondary option it may be configured as a light attack aircraft. Due to these constraints, it’s maximum speed, g-force...

It has to be remembered that, due to MTCR convention, we are not supposed to sell any missiles with ranges more than 300km. So there is no point in declaring that Atmaca-UM has a range of more than that. 280+km covers what it needs to cover. With the KTJ-3700 powering it where specific fuel...

You are correct from heat damage point of view. But there is also the raw physical damage due to high kinetic energy that is imparted by the round to the barrel lining which effects the wear negatively, as the round leaves the barrel at extreme speeds. No cooling will have any effect on this...

They give all these different weights to confuse us. 😂 In another document it says Tolun’s weight is 135kg. But in IIR form it says it weighs 120kg. So since this is a missile under development and progress, one can expect a weight variation of +/- few kg. (Fuel, explosives, seeker type and use...

You are correct. Firing speed is slower. But then again Firtina-1 has a firing mode of 3 shells in 15 seconds with different elevations that allows it to hit same target at the same time. In reality it can fire 3 rounds in 15 seconds. However, the more you fire in succession the quicker you...

https://wwwcdn.aselsan.com/api/file/SADAK-2T_ENG.pdf Sadak 2T (110kg , 388kg fully loaded) Sadak 4T (175kg , 731kg fully loaded) Sadak 4T is carried under the belly of Akinci, as it can’t carry that load on wings. Akinci has around 950kg payload capacity to carry externally. I doubt if it can...

https://turdef.com/article/hisar-o-sams-replace-mim-23-hawks-in-libya Turkiye has replaced the old school Hawk SAM systems stationed at Al-Wattiya base in Libya , with Hisar-O 100 AD systems. With dual-pulse motors and much improved seeker heads the Hisar-O missiles bring 21st century...