Not only pride IMO, be it tanks or drones. They fear a Turkish embargo of spare parts when relations get (even more) sour with Mr. Erdogan … maybe possible after a change of power in Ankara.
Because he is their man. He studied in Japan like his father, failed 9 times the law bar exam (idiot) to become a prosecutor finally afther the 10th test.
From a wealthy pro-Japanese family, dodged military service and a dream match for right wing LDP and Nippon Kaigi.
President Moon is a true...
If I were the Turkish state I wouldn‘t buy foreign after all these years. Keep the dollars at home and accelerate the production with Korean power packs until Batu is ready (the critical part is the transmission, Renk is still unmatched).
Don‘t want to get into Turkish politics, but the...
Nah, I‘m cool. Koreans were very enthusiastic about Turkey as 1st major weapon customer of K2 and K9 technology (also out of necessity for Ankara cause of German cancellation of tank development cooperation).
A little too happy and unexperienced for my taste, Koreans gave you exporting rights...
Germany and France are cooperating in the Main Ground Combat System program (part of it is a new main battle tank). As we know them this will end in yells and tears and the result will be a f*cking unreliable mess like NH90 or Tiger attack heli.
Italy‘s Ariete tank is ages old but last I heard...
I‘m not so sure about that. Germans and Americans are still leaders and with innovative prototypes like KF-51 and AbramsX with 130 mm gun, autoloaders, hard kill APS, unmanned turret, ammo compartment etc. aren‘t giving up their market shares lightly 😅
You‘ll need German permission to get Leo2s from other states like Spain. Anyway, if Europeans decide to send Leos into Ukraine there won‘t be much left for sale. All European militaries combined have only 2000-2200 Leo2 variants deployed 🤯
It‘s simple stupidity. He‘s trying to win internal brownie points in getting tough on NK (and China). But he has no political leverage to force US in stationing tactical nuclear bombs in Korea again. I bet Japanese lobbyist are calling Washington think tanks and politicos right now to oppose any...
Why making it even newsworthy, how about keeping your mouth shut, moron?! President Yoon, the dumbest of all time.
South Korea Now Openly Discussing Arming Itself With Nuclear Weapon
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/south-korea-now-openly-discussing-arming-itself-with-nuclear-weapons
Maybe you all know this Defensenews article from 2019 …
https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2019/01/08/turkish-brain-drain-why-are-defense-industry-officials-ditching-their-jobs-in-turkey-for-work-abroad/
Today I learned that TAI has 12,000 employees, that‘s a lot of man- and brainpower.
Pakistan is at the brink of financial collapse (IMF bailout, Saudi money infusion, forex reserves at $4 billion only).
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-take-fiscal-measures-set-by-imf-meet-budgetary-targets-2023-01-11/
I‘m sorry, no offense, but aren‘t Yeniçeri the opposite of being pure blood Turkish?
Janissaries began as elite corps made up through the devşirme system of child levy, by which Christian Albanians, Romanians, Armenians, Bulgarians, Croats, Greeks and Serbs were taken, levied, subjected to...
Couldn‘t care less, what some random dudes have to say about KF-21 on the internet. Last time I checked, Indians love to buy Korean cars, smartphones, TVs, home appliances, cosmetics … and K9s. Many also enjoy Korean dramas, TV shows and Kpop.
That‘s a positive thing and therefore I salute our...
Oops, than I stand corrected 😅, missed that part. Last time I heard a Hanwha official verbally confirmed „definitely over 1,000“ whatever that means. All the T/R module number counts are educated guestimates, we don‘t know for sure what’s under the black cover.
Found a short footage from Korea, wrongly labeled as „Firstina“ 2 😅
Also autoloaders of PzH 2000 and K9A2 in video added. There must be a longer clip of Turkish source …
Youtube link
We are to America what Germany and Japan also are: useful allies with US boots on the ground serving common interests. And furthermore liberal democracies, technologically advanced and economic powerhouses enjoying freedom and a quality of life that Pakistanis and most Chinese could only dream...
