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If 180 ballistic missiles can do no more damage than that to Israel, how much of a threat is BM attack from Iranian soil? It looks like a very expensive failure to me. Mass drone attacks next from Iran?

Sanctions were supposed to have a devastating effect on the Russian economy. Oil and gas production was supposed to drop lower and lower due to the withdrawal of western expertise and specialist equipment. That has not happened, in part because equipment has been ordered by other countries then...

Russia stopped publishing a lot of economic data some time ago. Why would it do that? I think nobody disputes that the Russian economy is growing strongly, attributable largely to strong growth in defence production. But I would say that the war is having a bad effect on Russia economically ...

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/09/26/the-war-is-going-badly-ukraine-and-its-allies-must-change-course In my opinion Ukraine would not have survived long without the US sending it US weapons. However, my view is that the US priority is not the liberation of Ukraine but rather the...

I guess that some of their usefulness is in increasing the number of fighters the air force has after the losses during 2.5 years of combat. I think I have read that the radar on the donated F-16's is better than the radar on Ukraine's Mig-29's. If that is right, being able to detect...

How many F-35 were built for Turkiye but not delivered?

Sadly it is at risk if not all shipped before the next US president takes office. If Trump wins, he could put an indefinite hold on undelivered aid.

According to the latest figures I read, probably August, inflation was 2.2%. Poverty? I cannot give you a figure but the EU is rich by world standards. Average income: around €28,000 a year. Took me less than 5 minutes to check the income level. You would do well to do a little checking before...

What a stupid comment in the attachment: Zelensky seeking fame and fortune. The guy already had fame and fortune before he became president. He is not a bad helmsman. A country that, on paper, stood no chance of resisting the Russian onslaught for long is still there 2 years later.

UK central government chose to reduce funding to local government. Local government is supposed to maintain roads, provide a library service, adult education. All cut back severely. With $3 trillion+ UK GDP, spending $1 billion or $2 billion a year on Ukraine is easily affordable. Up to now UK...

US, EU, Canada, Norway, UK can afford to go on for ever. Russia cannot. But will Ukraine's supporters change their mind and force Ukraine to sue for peace?

What has happened? Russia decided to attack Ukraine, expecting Ukraine to fold in a few days by the Red army taking Kiev. Unexpectedly that did not happen. A large number of countries then decided to support Ukraine by supplying it with weapons. Many countries that supplied weapons to Ukraine...

The West was frightened when Russia invaded Ukraine and that fear indirectly allowed Putin to set the rules of engagement in his war of aggression. The legendary Red army was expected to overwhelm Ukraine in a matter of days or weeks. It transpired that the strength of the Red army, while...

What happens next? An apology saying it was a mistake? I imagine it was.

I don't speak Pharsi but if I did I might send the Iranian leader a message of thanks. A few Iranian ballistic missiles cannot damage Ukraine as much as the US has done by preventing weapons being used to strike inside Russia at the origin of attacks against Ukraine.

Sure, 1 x TF35K could be installed in KAAN with 1 x F110. I don't know a thing about testing. How useful would it be if the thrust asked of the still-in-development TF35K had to be greatly limited in flight testing for safety reasons? Perhaps I have not understood and the aircraft concerned...

Can Dr Kotil's schedule for the TF35K engine be dismissed as wishful thinking? A few months ago he claimed it would be installed in KAAN in 2028. With valid prototypes possibly starting to test fly in 2025 (frame 0 was just an exercise in nationalistic bluster IMO), when could testing of the...

I should have phrased it better. The UK would not pay to develop Tempest on its own, particularly if it only guaranteed production of around 100 for itself. With UK, Japan and Italy ordering, development cost should be shared over 250+ frames ordered by the partners. If the Arabian states...

Also with a large enough home market, US does not need exports for their crown jewels programmes to be viable. Unlike the British Tempest programme. KAAN was pursued with no dependence on a future partnership or export sales, I presume.

Interesting insights. If the government of a Gulf country would like the air force to have a 5G fighter but US refuses to supply, what role can the consultants/arms lobbies play in blocking an alternative 5G? What grounds would they have to push against KAAN if Turkiye was prepared to supply...