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I don't get your point. Wikipedia cites 27 tons MTOW as the figure projected by TAI. I compared apples to apples in my T/W comparison for F-22, F-35 and KAAN. PS Sorry, I missed your post about the weight being higher than 27 tons because I was working out T/W figures at the time. OK. Figures...

Thanks for the responses above but I am mystified by KAAN designers wanting 70,000 lb wet thrust. According to my crude calculations Wet thrust F-35 (43,000 lb thrust) @ MTOW of 32 tonnes T/W ratio = 0.6 F-22 (35,000 lb thrust x 2) @ MTOW of 38 tonnes T/W ratio = 0.82 KAAN (35,000 lb thrust...

P&W F135 is reported to have 43,000 lb wet thrust, so it is more powerful than a 35,000 lb wet thrust engine. I read that F-35 has MTOW of about 32 tonnes , KAAN about 27 tonnes. Why does KAAN need 2 x 35,000 lb thrust engines?

Just a correction, since you talked of the number leaving Russia to avoid military service - I think you meant to say Ukraine, rather than Russia. When conscription was introduced in Russia last year, I believe it was estimated that several hundred thousand men left Russia or disappeared below...

This attack on a neighbouring country might have 'worked' militarily but did not - Russia failed to quickly take Kiev and overthrow the government. As that failure became apparent in the first few days of the invasion, persisting in the campaign was likely to condemn the people of Russia to a...

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It is, to say the least, extremely presumptuous to think that all people following the news want to see Putin expand Russian control of the world. I, and certainly a few hundred million others, would take issue with your statement.

I don't think there is any real chance of the current German administration approving Typhoon supplies to Turkiye. But, if I remember correctly, Germany has elections in a year or two. Perhaps that will change with a new administration. Perhaps Erdogan will succeed in turning the UK, Italy or...

Who is 'we' - right wing nationalists worldwide? Indonesian nationalists? Turkish nationalists?

Looking at this from afar - with no allegiance to Turkiye, Hamas, Israel, Germany or the US - I rate the chances of Turkiye receiving F-16 or Typhoon as near zero, given what I hear Erdogan say in his speeches since Israel struck back after the October 7 Hamas attack. In my opinion it is now...

Very bad news. That could well be disastrous for Ukraine.

Vietnam and Afghanistan are not on the EU's doorstep. EU is wary of a belligerent, institutionally corrupt, totalitarian state being anywhere near its borders unless it is adjacent to a NATO member. Who knows what any neo-Czar will do to boost his popularity with Russian nationalists by...

A bizarre thing to write. Russia will get its revenge? For what? When did support for Ukraine stop? US just confirmed it intends supporting Ukraine long term - for what that is worth. EU does not want a democratic Ukraine to be replaced by an autocratic, anti-democratic state.

You have a good point - just flying it will send a message to reluctant suppliers. If they want to make a profit from supplying/hold some control over use of TuAF assets, supplying sooner would be better than later. Providing the prototype is flightworthy, the first flight will not be premature...

Is it on schedule to fly this year? It is November 20 now. 27 December is less than 40 days away.

OK. I was unaware of discussions over the years, so sorry to have repeated them.

That's good to hear - no problems will be had with Rafale because of failure to honour contracts. Perhaps I'm a bit strange but I see breaching a contract where you can get away with it without consequences like an apple. Breaching a contract where you cannot get away with it without...

Not a brilliant suggestion. Just a sensible one. Don't bother passing it on to the Finance ministry or MOD. They know they are in a vulnerable position. They might act sensibly. They might not. If you spend several billion dollars on a weapons system (Rafale) important to your national...

If Indonesia had been sensible 1 It would have made payments according to the contract with ROK 2 It would have made payments according to an agreed amended payment schedule to cover debts run up 3 It would not have made contracts with other OEM's eg Dassault and made payments to them instead...