Advertising Trophy as a solution against top-attack missiles is a bold claim that is unproven yet. Afaik the integrated sensors of Rheinmetall’s StrikeShield cover better angles vs top-attacks, but their countermeasure is insufficient against Javelin- or Spike-type ATGM.
A quick overview of...
Interesting find. It‘s well known that Park Chung Hee had serious nuclear ambitions. And all his subordinates were telling lies like hell to the nervous Muricans, hahaha.
The French were more than interested in selling the processing plant but the US side pressed them to cancel the deal...
Never understood why Türkiye didn't build 5.000 tons multipurpose frigates and TF-2000 in the 2000s when relations were still "good" with US and Europe. Even without domestic radars, sonars, VLS, missiles, cannon, CIW, AShM etc. they could have subsequently replaced them in the decades...
Ah, now I understand what everbody meant here regarding "IP rights". How much technology RR would release in a deal? Maximum as least as possible I guess :)
Only the IP rights for parts the Swedes themselves had developed. 65% of the engine were produced by GE (e.g. hot core/section the most important part) with all IP rights belonging to GE delivered for final assembly in Sweden. The Swedes can't manufacture their F404 without GE.
That's a great deal for TEI and Turkey. Transferring manufacturing technology is still different to IP rights for jet engine technology. Never happened so far by Western jet engine manufacturers.
Even the Russians don't do that, the Chinese obtained their tech through reverse engineering and...
Thanks for the new info. An engine from the 40s, the Brits got scammed by the Soviets, hahaha.
But it's a clear case of illegal reverse engineering and not an legal IP transfer we are talking about.
As far as I know, no one of GE, P&W, Safran or RR has ever transferred IP rights for fighter jet engine tech to anybody.
Such a deal with Turkey or a Turkish company would be the first. Until TEI comes up with a comparable engine it‘s doubtful RR would give in beforehand.
IP for jet engine technology is more worth in the long run than cashing billions of dollars in the short run. Can‘t imagine that RR would give up the core assets of its business. Why should they? License production is the most realistic deal.
Makes sense. Fast availability of similarly tracked PzH 2000 is questionable.
Would be lovely if „interim“ turns to „long-term“ once they get the taste of Korean K9 ;)
K9 Team Thunder UK are lobbying hard, but there‘re many options for UK MoD.
UK could go for German RCH-155 (wheeled Boxer with 155 mm gun), Swedish Archer (owned by British BAE Systems) or French Caesar (albeit highly unlikely hahaha) as well.
No. Few fighter aircraft models are really supercruise capable, most of them only in special configurations (fuel tanks, weapon load, engine).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercruise
Another clip of KF-21 supersonic test flight. Mach 1.05 with afterburner at 40,000 feet high altitude carrying 4 Meteor dummies (~760 kg) under belly. Tailed by KF-16U double-seat fighter aircraft.
