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It is the perfect first flight couldn't be any better. Heartfelt thanks to anyone who puts effort into making it happen.

Tanks will get smaller. There will be 3-man crew tanks and later 2-man crew tanks will take over. UGVs will be deployed with tanks. There will be tank pilots similar to fighter pilots. One of them will drive the other one will be responsible for controlling UGVs and weapons. AI will help tank...

EIRS already did a test shot with Siper without ÇFAKR (and did another with ÇFAKR). This seems suspicious.

I think this was spot on. We are onto something here. I posted this on November 16, 2022.

There is also another thing I mentioned in the past. Dual-band T/R modules. Aselsan has been working on dual-band modules. What if Aselsan managed to produce a T/R module or a building block that can work in both S-band and X-band with sufficient performance?

Networking is the buzzword here. You can't install a radar on every tank but you can send targets/air picture to tanks and radar of the APS can be used for very short range targeting. (several hundred meters) Armored columns will be protected by systems like Gürz and Korkut.

30mm lightweight autocannon with airburst munition, capable jammers, and networking is the way to go against small drones. BTW TAI made a wonderful decision and started the conceptual studies of a 6th gen fighter.

We should develop a 30mm version of this and call it "ürküt"

Aselflir-600 is expected to make its maiden flight this year and complete its testing campaign this year if no problems are encountered. The testing process is getting shorter because of Baykar UAVs. Baykar can allocate a lot of sorties for testing in a short amount of time. Aselsan is making a...

It might be a 300mm air-launched ballistic missile with a laser seeker.

One of the Siper launches was done without ÇFAKR radar to test this capability but I'm surprised they decided to drop the X-Band. The results must be very satisfactory and the quality of the track in S-Band must be comparable to X-band. The X-band gives less range but more resolution because it...

We can't sell Altay when AbramsX, K3, and KF51 Panther become available globally and this is not a distant future we are discussing. Those three projects gained momentum, they are not on paper projects. Obsolete doesn't mean useless. An AK-47 is a useful rifle but I would rather have an MPT if...

Obsolete doesn't mean useless. It will be the best tank we have when finally we see it in service but we should start designing the tank of 2030s today. That way, when we produce the first 250 units of Altay by 2030 we can switch to a next-gen tank. Half a decade is not much time. We can't...

I don't like the +4 İstif class to be the same config. I think it is a wrong decision. UAVs and anti-ship missiles are proliferating fast. Even actors like Houthis can form strike packages of 15-20 effectors easily. I think we should rework the mast of İstif class. We should use the X-band AESA...

Altay is obsolete. Tanks of the 2030s will be inherently different with 3-man crew 50 tonnes of total weight Smaller volume and lower silhouette. Autoloader and unmanned turret Hybrid propulsion 130 or 140mm main gun. Next-gen internal combustion engines like American ACE opposed piston or MTU...

Waste of money. Better upgrade M60s than Leo1s. Leo1 is a 40-tonne tank. You can't just magically put 10 tons of armor on it. M60 weighs 60 tonnes. When it is upgraded it performs toe to toe with modern tanks. Sabra modernization proves that. If I were Greek MoD I would have upgraded M60s to...

Wrong. I don't know where you found an empty weight of 14.150kg. I would like to see if you quoted it from somewhere but it looks very ambitious and too good to be true. Most experts expect the empty weight to be around 16000kg and the typical load of fuel+weapons in stealth configuration is...

TWR is calculated with thrust/weight Kaan will have 2x35000 lbf engines. The typical payload of Kaan in stealth config is 10000kg=22000 lbs (internal fuel+weapons) The empty weight of Kaan is expected to be around 16000kg= 36000lbs Takeoff weight is 36000+22000=58000 lbs Thus TWR is calculated...

Yes, we can, but showing it friendly on screen doesn't mean those can't be shot at. IFF doesn't work that way. When we are hooked up to the EU network IFF codes will designate us friendly but luckily we have our own separate national IFF capability. We can use both of those as we see fit.

Yeah, 18 March is the perfect date for showing off it is right before the local elections and the anniversary of Çanakkale/Dardanelles Victory.