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  1. Spitfire9

    TR TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

    Congratulations to TAI and all contributors to Kaan's development. And congratulations to Turkiye for taking on a 5G project and getting it into the skies.
  2. Spitfire9

    TR TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

    F/A-18 will be out of production soon. A few years ago I read that KAI foresaw a navalised KF-21 being developed. India's Tejas N proved to have inadequate capabilities for the IN and was abandoned, to be replaced by a proposed Twin Engined Deck Based Fighter design. The TEDBF may be...
  3. Spitfire9

    TR Economy & Updates

    I get your long term view. Short term things look very different Today's spot rate is 1 USD = 31 lira 1 year forward rate is 1 USD = 44 lira Figures are rounded. When is this strengthening of the lira starting? When are the exciting times coming?
  4. Spitfire9

    TR TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

    Why? My country could have more carriers but why would it want them? OK, one more would be useful so that there was always one not being refitted or being serviced/repaired. But I can't see the need for the UK to have loads of carriers. I can't see the need for Turkiye to have loads of carriers...
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    TR TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

    Turkiye needs several carriers, partly to secure its interest in the Indian Ocean?
  6. Spitfire9

    TR TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

    I see a market possibility for a non-Russian/non-Chinese cheaper 5G fighter but Sukhoi does not seem to have attracted much interest while marketing its low cost 5G Su-75 to potential customers. Is it because countries don't want to buy from Russia any more (due to Ukraine) or is it because I...
  7. Spitfire9

    TR TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

    Why not just buy the right to use the British Queen Elizabeth II carrier design and build it in Turkiye? France considered doing that to replace its Charles de Gaulle carrier. Perhaps it is too large for Turkiye, though @ 65,000 tonnes. Cost of building the second carrier of that design was...
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    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    I think Navalny was killed. I also think that with his death died any prospects of organised resistance to the corrupt, authoritarian Russian regime. Even if Putin dies or is overthrown, he will probably be replaced by another corrupt, authoritarian dictator. I don't know how vicious was the...
  9. Spitfire9

    TR TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

    https://mil.in.ua/en/news/ukraine-plans-to-buy-turkish-kaan-fighters/ Anything in what he says? Is Ukrainian industry involved in developing an engine for KAAN? On a different tack, first run of the TF6000 has been awaited for some time. Will it simply be announced when it has happened, rather...
  10. Spitfire9

    Analysis The Rebuilding of Mariupol, Russia

    A minor error to point out. You have referred to Mariupol as being in Russia. Only Russia, North Korea and Syria concur with you. The other 193 members of the UN, including Turkiye and Indonesia, do not. By my reckoning Mariupol is more likely to be in Ukraine.
  11. Spitfire9

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    LOL A member of my extended family - a Ukrainian living in Kherson - died after the kind hearted Russians invaded. I think you know very little about what has happened in Ukraine. If your country was invaded by a neighbouring country, you would describe Indonesians 'bullying' invading troops...
  12. Spitfire9

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    Very nicely illustrates the situation. PS I look forward to reading you condemning abuses of human rights by all actors, not just the ones you oppose.
  13. Spitfire9

    TR TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

    Sorry, just quoted inaccurate source. I retract the query about MTOW and wing area.
  14. Spitfire9

    TR TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

    F-22 wing area 78 sq m MTOW 37 tonnes Kaan wing area 60 sq m MTOW 27 tonnes source : Wiki Can Kaan increase MTOW by 10 tonnes without needing a new wing?
  15. Spitfire9

    TR TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

    I don't know if exporting the F119 was prohibited along with F-22. Whatever, F-22 MTOW is over 37 tonnes, so it is too powerful for use in Kaan, isn't?
  16. Spitfire9

    Biden is said to be too senile to be criminally responsible

    https://abc7chicago.com/presidential-election-2024-age-biden-trump-polls/14414171/ Unfortunately their respective parties did not ask them to stand aside in time for other candidates to have time to establish themselves. Short of illness or in Trump's case, imprisonment, it seems likely that...
  17. Spitfire9

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    That's how Russia works - deeply, structurally corrupt. Ukraine is corrupt, too, but at least there is hope of that improving.
  18. Spitfire9

    Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68237791 Is it the doing of Putin's faithful followers? Putin's going to win whatever (having control of the media and TV), so why make the election less credible by barring other candidates?
  19. Spitfire9

    TR Turkish Air Forces|News & Discussion

    Of course the media can affect opinions by omission. I avoid media that report selectively or place undue emphasis with the intent of shaping opinion. What exactly is your complaint? Mr Erdogan goes to Germany, reportedly in the hope that Germany will become agreeable to Turkiye buying...
  20. Spitfire9

    TR Turkish Air Forces|News & Discussion

    What nonsense you talk. My comments about your leader were based entirely on what I heard him say ie his words, his narrative. I am open to receiving criticism but not criticism that is utterly unfounded. I suggest that you retract.

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