I think the point was if a single AKINCI can do like 10% of performance of E7, a bunch of them can effectively create a networked alternative. Having multiple in different directions can provide significant benefits in some detection scenarios.
Well we are not America and they have alternatives. We won't be able to negotiate to the same extent they do. They will probably ask for more independence and special customizations that others wouldn't give, and we will do what they want cuz money.
Eh for ships we have already tested stuff like Yalman on IDA, how difficult would it be to just add vehicle mounted version of sungur on all ships? Hisar should have its own launchers anyway.
Yeah I think luxury SUV itself is just a terrible segment that's growing in the US but I think there are taxes on foreign ones. T10X is the wrong model for wrong era and demographic. It's targeting a specific, small and moderately wealthy group that use car as status symbol. It's a limited...
I'm not really defending his point, but if US wanted to put a backdoor entry or killswitch to complex and closed digital systems in any of its advanced weapons, it would probably be trivial effort for them.