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If they did ask for permission, they will deny it. In fact, they will claim that the work being done confirms the agreement they signed with Egypt. Of course, Turkish navy can prevent Turkish rights from being violated but the final solution to this problem will not come that easily. There are...

I highly doubt Greeks will see it this way. They would probably tell themselves that Turkish ships went away fearing the Belharra and F-35s and the Italian ship did what it set out to do. Anyone who thinks they would just step back their claims and come remotely close to being reasonable does...

TUSAS general manager said in the interview yesterday that the first Gokbey helicopters will be delivered to Gendarmerie in August.

I hope not. Kamala would be an absolutely horrible choice. But she is difficult for democrats to pass over due to her gender and skin color.

Not to sound crude, but why don't we just bomb the regime and Iran-backed militia until they agree? Especially when they assist the PKK and Russians and Americans are not around. It would also be a service to humanity.

Kind of expected since we banned those exports.

That’s exactly what I was thinking. They should be getting ready to try manoeuvres with Kizilelma nowadays and best way to start is trying it on TB2s first.

I believe the answer at the time was that the Air Force wanted to diversify in case Özgür was delayed or not up to expectations. Somehow I think we might very well just go ahead with Özgür for the whole fleet and Kaan first block in 2029 without anything from the Americans. Too many things might...

When such Western publications talk about “heavy foreign contribution,” they refer to consultation with BAE Systems or the F110 engine, the former of which was small and the latter being replaced. There is a dependency on the control stick, too but it probably doesn’t give the same assurance...

This conversation always goes round in circles. The authorities don’t specify if the Kaans will be using TF35k in serial production or in testing in 2028. TF35k seems like it will be one of those secretive projects like Gezgin or Akbaba. It might exist only on paper or it might already be a...

It is said that Greece will have 12.8B EUR in total for new equipment purchases (in addition to what’s already been contracted) from 2024 to 2035. They want to divide it roughly equally between the three forces. It seems with the globally rising weapon prices the arms race they wanted to start...

10 to 15 minutes is expected for the maiden flight. And I hope we can put behind the irrational "election" narrative after being disproven a gazillion times.

Woah, hold up now... Does it already have MURAD? I thought it was only on Akinci at the moment.

What a historic day... We are lucky to witness it.

I would agree but let's not name any platform Ataturk unless we know we can protect it in time of war. There seems to be a lot of missing pieces of the puzzle that would provide enough protection to the AC so that it doesn't go down first at the start of war. Also, what use is putting Hurjet on...

The guy wrote a novel-length piece about how Turkey became an established producer of military equipment after being faced with sanctions and political blackmail since the 70s and then he ended up proposing to use Eurofighters for political blackmail. Classic European.

His purpose for going to Germany was not Eurofighter jets and nothing he said there was wrong. If the Germans can't bear hearing the truth maybe they should change their ways. And as a country who put an embargo on Turkey with the express of aim of supporting the PKK terrorist organization...

So, let me ask something to the experts here about Kizilelma's performance against 4th gen aircraft. Not that it's an alternative to modernization of the F-16s or Kaan of course but many seem to be quite pessimistic about the A-A capabilities of KE whereas it seems like a very well-thought...

As long as funding for Kaan won't be affected, getting 20-40 F35 would be ideal both to bridge the time gap until Kaan becomes operational and also to learn more extensively the 5th gen characteristics by using F35 and participating in NATO exercises. S400s were not an ideal decision to begin...

Actually, Germany selling Eurofighters just got a lot more likely now that Americans are selling. There was no logical reason for denying the sale anyway. But it might be a bit overkill for us as the Viper/Ozgur numbers already present quite a sizeable investment in the 4th gen planes.