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Before the problem of rocket size, SIMSEK is simply unsuitable to be used as a missile in today's military environment since it is going to be cryogenic. There's a reason that liquid fueled military rockets were all powered by hypergolics once the rocket, aircraft and reconnaissance/surveillance...

So if I am understanding it correctly, Turkiye originally planned to develop a solid rocket small-sat launcher called MUFA first and then proceed to a bigger, 1.5t to LEO launcher called UFA/SIMSEK powered by liquid fuel engine after that in 2030s, but have since then updated plans and scrapped...

I respect your composure. I should curse SpaceX because if not for them, I wouldn't have read this thread and all the wonderful opinions here. I kinda envy how some people here have so much confidence while being so ignorant. None of them have been players in the field of space, whereas ISRO...

Okay, so the plan to get private industry itself is not dead yet, right? Though, does that mean that the private sector involvement is scaled back? If it's just a mere "involvement", I could see it being less significant than the joint venture scheme which was supposed to be set up.

So it's probably a 3-way competition between Korea, China and Russia. I'd still expect Russia to be most ahead. Despite the war, due to Rosatom's position in worldwide nuclear industry, they were left intact, a complete opposite of their MIC. China was putting in a lot of effort in UK projects...

Add to that, there was the weak Turkish Lira which compounded the difficulties in cost negotiations as well. The negotiations with the Turkish government, and subsequently the Atmea joint venture broke down in 2018, quite a long while after Fukushima disaster. Though it is also correct that...

Wow, this took sooo long. I've heard that the reason, the grant for the ccs approval taking this long was down to the fact that the HAL-private entity partnership that the Indian government was looking for was much harder to implement in practice. What's more, I've heard that they are not...

Philippines' top priority was always the MRF program, and F-16V was always the most preferred option. They leaned towards Gripen for cost reasons, but in typical fashion that deal never went through, and now those same Gripens are nearing closer and closer to Ukraine as the Swedes are...

That, and... don't read too much into some TV program probably directed by some producer with close to non-existent knowledge in military aviation.

That's why my moderation of Korean section always work against censorship. Whenever some idiot comes to the section to post some loads of crap, I never delete them nor ban them since that is not what I think I should unilaterally choose to do. That doesn't mean that I wouldn't say anything and...

A lot of help my ass, some forum members here should learn how to not talk about stuff they don't exactly know much about.

Top speed is matter of drag, not weight. Weight can be an equation in drag but doesn't directly affect top speed itself.

One thing's clear, and that's unless some other party was a deep part of the design work from the start, the flight control model would've and must've been developed by TAI in-house. As for Hurjet that seems to have been outsourced to an Italian partner, but that's not a big deal either, so as...

I'm quite hesitant to make these comments right after the positive words, but I should say what I should. What is blud talking about? "Codes"? What codes? The reason RN had difficulties with Exocet in the beginning of the war was down to the problem with Type 42's combat systems and EMI...

I'm very late to the party... but better late than never! Congrats to all the Turkish friends for the magnificient achievement by your countrymen. Big respect to all the bright minds of Turkiye. My perception of Turkiye 8 years ago was different to what I thought 4 years ago, and what I've...

ASPIS-1 and 2 are pretty much the Greek equivalent of SPEWS-1 and 2. Obviously, it's not as new as Viper Shield or IVEWS. Though you should also know that there are various drop in upgrade kits available for pre-existing legacy EW suite offered by its OEMs (eg: digitalisation). Most late...

The problem is that development of MMU flight control system is running concurrently with Hurjet flight control system development and flight testing. Most optimally, they would've had time to complete Hurjet and use experience gained from it to develop MMU. I'm not saying that they aren't...

That's a weird questiom, imo. GTU-0 was all that TUSAS had in hand when they were initially planning for the 26th of Dec. FF. If not with the GTU-0, what would've been flown, have you thought?

Thanks for the update. I've missed the report by Defence Turk from late last year and only just noticed since you've corrected me. That's better, but flying GTU-0 is still a much riskier business compared to what other aircrafts have went through during their development. Using the same...

Yes, that was what it was supposed to be (although GTU doesn't stand for "Ground Test Unit"), hence no flight control computers initially. They are taking risks that wouldn't have been taken by other more established players in the field of aerospace. In the most extreme cases, the wings of...