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I think the visit and the report came at the initiative of the French but it was Turkish officials who suggested Turkey can contribute to FCAS. It doesn't really sound to me like it's a big deal. Turkey will evolve Kaan to the 6th generation as its main project but could do parts production for...

If I were the Saudis, I would try to buy both the F-35 and Kaan if only to diversify sources and not be subject to whims of a single supplier. They can certainly afford it.

It might not be very obvious now but I think it was a strategic mistake for the PKK to ally with Israel so openly. They are desperate for a lap to sit on and Israelis can kick up a fuss in the US with lobbying, but populations in the Middle East loathe Israel and they will also hate PKK for...

This account says that the remaining 7 Istif class ships will have DÜFAS as well as a diver detection sonar and quad packed VLS. DÜFAS on 7 ships sounds like music to my ears...

Yeah, that guy is nuts.

I am not easily convinced and I am convinced by neither the paper nor your drivel. I am just making a point that proper criticism is not name-calling. They start most of their RCS calculations by modeling the geometry of the aircraft in Matlab and they at least confirm the directional...

You still haven't said anything substantial about the paper. They have laid out their steps and worked through them transparently. To be clear, I am not married to their results. I would be willing to hear counter-arguments and adjust my opinion but a valid argument would be like "They made this...

They actually address all those questions in the paper with quite some detail. And when they make assumptions, they make them explicitly against Kaan to be conservative. You can still disagree with them of course but it's not fair to disagree without reading the paper.

One can't help but observe that if Raqqa were to join the legitimate Syrian opposition and Ayn Issa was taken, Ayn el-Arap and the surroundings would be boxed in.

It's hard to imagine SDF holding all of the land in the south in the long term even if they do end up taking it. There is no Kurdistan to be created in those regions with the Kurdish population being so low in those regions as far as I know. The Kurdish minority is significant only in some areas...

With the assignments Trump is doing, I would expect there to be serious problems with the US in the next 4 years, due to PKK, Israel-Hamas, or Greece or any other reason they can drum up. Hopefully the F110 engine can be procured in the background and they can be satisfied making a big show of...

Turkey was not on the verge of bankruptcy. The problem was high inflation, not a balance of payments crisis. Things would have to be really weird for a country to become bankrupt with such a low debt to GDP ratio.

Necessarily so I’m afraid as that is part of the dictionary definition. Regarding military aid, the countries that need aid are the most likely to get a TB-2 as it is cheaper than Anka. The United States does the practice of giving military aid to be used with American private military companies...

I know somewhat off-topic but I am really tired of reading inane stuff like this. Nepotism would be favoring a company without regard to its merits. Ordering from successful companies and allowing them to export is not nepotism but exactly how it should be. Besides the difficulties Baykar faced...

Any source for the last two claims?

The news that Turkey will explore oil and gas in Somalian waters has upset certain countries a lot and it is their extensions within Turkey that object, ostensibly due to security concerns which is of course nonsense. Security of the homeland did not rely on those two frigates and natural...

Is there no project to make amphibious assault wholly unmanned? An unmanned LST-like ship carrying unmanned IFVs would be a great idea as the initial taking of a bridgehead is one of the riskiest of all combat situations, so a great candidate for becoming unmanned.

I am sure Germans wish they could feel as comfortable as you imagine they do.

I think they are just testing flight stability and fly-by-wire system with the munition right now. Especially with the munition carried on only one side in an unbalanced configuration this inherently unstable form flew pretty well. There will be lots of other trials for munition carried in IWB...

Do they mean Turkey is cooperating with PKK against YPG? Turkey suffered slander of all kinds from Greeks, Armenians, and the PKK over decades but I think it’s the first time we are hearing this. This could mean Syrian branch is rebelling against PKK HQ which would be a wild scenario.