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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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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

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?

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?

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...

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

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?

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...

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.

You are aware that Germany has ordered 38 Eurofighters and Spain has ordered 20, so those lines will not be shutting down in the next few years? There was debate as to whether Spain would order F-35 to replace its Hornets but it looks like they will be replaced with Eurofighters. Italy and UK...

If you read it, it is a rejection of requested anti-dumping tarriffs. No connection with the TuAF's prospects of getting F-16

Yes, it is laughable that, possibly needing to buy Eurofighter, TR's leader goes to Germany and alienates its leader, making that less possible. Full marks for displaying such diplomatic skill! PS The British probably spent years trying to unblock Eurofighter export sales to KSA. In one short...