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@Gary A European state actor seems to have legitimacy for certain kind of actions in wartime that otherwise would be considered as an act of terrorism if it were done by other non-western state/non-state actors. (Speically, let's say....it was against a Western Capital) Edit- I am not...

I hope there is no refugee involved here.

Two LO fighters engagement envelope against each other is likely to be around 40/50km. Due to advanced sensor IR (IRST+FLIR) and sensor fusion you are unlikely to get closer than that. So, technically this would still be BVR scenario. However there are IIR missiles with BVR capability. (Like MICA)

Refurbished?

Well, there is no risk free scenario in combat. But BVR missiles with 2 way data link is the choice of the future.

Missiles can only home on noise jamming, technically DRFM jammers with AESA antenna can be effective against A2A missiles. So, no. Jamming pods are not useless. However, BVR missiles with 2 way data link only activate their seeker at the very last moment. Which in practice, makes it very...

That would be approximately 48x mech battalions. second largest in the NATO.

My man! some logic only works in one way. You of all people should know that by now.

No doubt, Rafale is some of the best in its class. And I always thought it is the sexiest 4.5th gen fighter out there. But I will stick with my Typhoon Trench 4 preference for BAF MRCA. I just think it is better.

Thank you very much for such detailed answer. Initially, I was surprised because, usually a typical combined arms mech battalion consist of three companies (+their headquarters) and a battalion headquarter. (in total 44x combat vehicles) As we know, in a conventional organisational schemes...

That is a huge list for a battalion.

I was reading somewhere DRDO already develops SDRs. Is there any particular reason why they bought it from Elbit system instead of indeginous solution?

Did they changed the rule yet?

Does that means Pak participation is Final and they will buy KAAN in numbers?

I am curious what kind of agreement they signed on KAAN.

As you know, MX-15D has two options when it comes to cooled MWIR sensor. 640x512p or 1280x1024p. Could it be that, in This photo this particular M-15D utilising the former rather than the later?

That looks unique and unprecedented. Unfortunately, I can’t read Turkish, so it is little bit puzzling. In the first section above, we have three companies of 14x 14x 14x combat vehicles. forming the combined arms mechanised battalion. (With 2x headquarter vehicle) However, in the second...

What Turkish Defence industry did is that, it rendered the conventional wisdom obsolete. The norm that, if you are not a first world technological powerhouse like UK, Germany or Italy, you cannot have ambitious defence programs or in some cases you cannot leapfrog/skip directly to the latest...

More coups means more instability in the region. More instability means, UN peacekeepers are needed. Hopefully, we are gonna make some bucks with our peacekeepers.

It always interests me to know how people in those regions saw the Ottomans. Did they see them as colonizers like other European Empires, or were they mostly happy to be citizens of the Ottoman Empire? For example, among Subcontinent Muslims, Ottoman Empire and later Ataturk has a great image...