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I rate democracy above dictatorship. I live in a society that holds democracy including the many freedoms it incorporates - among which freedom of expression - above dictatorship. Do you find that to be 'supremacist'?

Exactly right.

Of course I am speculating. Realistically is my intention. I don't think the KAAN programme will fail. Exactly how long it will take to supply TuAF with a decent number of viable fighters, I cannot know. In contrast, I think that EF reached FOC years ago. If you don't want Eurofighter, stop...

Sure. Apart from the US, who else is likely to want a supersonic trainer in the next 10 years and how many? Boeing, KIA and TIA look like the possible suppliers. Let us remember that Spain's desire to offload its excess A400M is an important factor in buying Hurjet. Apart from the US, who else...

I think that the US will welcome a continuation of the war now ($$$ for US). Putin the same (but on a reduced scale involving less cost). The economists and analysts I read foresee 'turning off the wartime economy' as something that could precipitate a collapse of the Russian economy...

Who is going to buy 500 Hurkus, Hurjet, KAAN combined by 2034? I don't know anything about Hurkus but Hurjet is up against T7-A, a formidable competitor. KAAN is up against ITAR/CAATSA, although a preference for Muslim countries to buy from Turkiye gives it a unique advantage over other 5G...

Russian financial position continues to deteriorate - gold reserves down from 600 tons at war start to around 200 tons now - payment on maturing bonds (a government promise to pay a certain amount on a certain date in the future) cannot be covered by selling new bonds to international investors...

Turkiye is developing KAAN with a Turkish engine. I think that is the 'solution'.

Aren't you getting A400M? I believe that production share was linked to numbers ordered by the partners. Is that why Spain ordered more than it needed? Looks like a Hurjet/A400M deal benefits both parties, so I guess Turkiye will be getting some A400M.

Big difference in thrust between the F404, M-88 and EJ200. While I see the interest in a non-US engine, would EJ200 (60kN dry, 90kN wet) not be much more powerful than necessary? The F404 used produces 53kN dry, 78kN wet. I think that M-88 thrust (around 50kN dry, 75kN wet) makes it a better...

I disagree. I think that F-35C would cost at least 3 billion dollars just for conversion to the EMALS catapult system for 2 carriers. F-35B are used by RN and RAF. The time for the UK to consider what to do with its F-35B would be after the RAF had started receiving GCAP, currently scheduled...

I guess that the economist commenting sees as serious the reversal of improvement in the economy due to the reaction to the arrest of Erdogan's political rival (suggests political instability) and the reaction to Trump's wild tariffs (suggests trade instability). To me, some useful data in the...

I don't know about carrier operations but I don't understand how a conventional trainer would be useful to train F-35B pilots on British carriers. I see F-35B landed vertically.

For anyone interested in a look at the Turkish economy from a British economist with no interest in Turkiye politically

In retrospect, it was not all bluster and rhetoric. You shot down 1 Indian fighter in 2019 to be lenient? Don't make me laugh. I don't like misinformation or propaganda or conspiracy theories. Anyone know the source of the downed Rafale photo?

Why is the US coloured? It has got T-7A. I don't think that UK should be coloured either. There seems to be an interest in all GCAP countries ordering an M-346 optimised for GCAP training. If not, UK startup company Aeralis could be given the contract for a UK trainer. Nothing decided for the...

A few more minutes on the financial crisis hitting Russia. War spending is predicted to rise a lot in the 2025 budget, oil revenues are likely to fall dramatically from what was predicted in the 2025 budget. Russian analyst-in-exile Konstantin speculates on emergency actions Putin may take to...

a minute of reality https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Wn6mD42alsY

It can be supplied if Spain orders (thinking of US engine)? How well is it likely to sell against T-50?

Obviously would be bad for the existing Russian regime. Obviously would be good for the nation Russia is currently attacking. And would be good for all other nations Russia would otherwise attack in the future. Unfortunately Russia is a country in which nationalism runs strongly through its...