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We paid a big chunk of money for the F-35 program we want to make use of that. The US won't pay that money in cash ever. We know the US congress will reject our advances. We are using this situation against them. We can upgrade our F-16s but 40 new Vipers will be very good for our short-term...

That is not true. Both the president of SSB and the director of Tubitak Sage confirmed that we can upgrade all of our F-16s on our own. The President of the SSB spoke crystal clear. There is no room to speculate in his words. I take his word until I see concrete evidence.

TEI offers the best price/performance ratio(produce top quality for very low prices) and for some advanced processes(like inertia welding), TEI is one of the three available plants of the GE logistical chain.

Congress can't block engines for prototypes unless congress goes to extreme lengths. The engine price is under the threshold for congress to step in. TEI has a partnership with GE. GE owns a big portion of TEI shares and TEI is a huge supplier for American engines. If TEI stops delivering parts...

All of them mean the same thing. Shelved means it is not a priority project no or very few resources are allocated to the TF-100 effort. It is in cryo sleep mode until its turn comes which won't happen before 2030. The navy and SSB don't have the budget to run all those projects. All of the...

It was 1.2 at the start of the project then it became 1.4 after the selection of the F-404 engine. Now it is 1.3 because the wing area is increased so that it can land on carriers. Increased wing area decreased maximum speed. Climb ability is also increased from 39000 feet/minute to 45000...

We have very critical two years ahead 2022 and 2023 and there is an important period between 2023 and 2025. 2022 and 2023 are really vital.

4 hardpoints. This is interesting I thought there will be 6. 3 on each wing.

The commissioning of heavy frigates is planned for after 2030.

Private shipyards can do anything they want. They can offer any design to any country. State projects are a different story. There won't be any new heavy frigate project anytime soon be it TF-4500 or TF-100 and this is not speculation. This is concrete info I have.

There is no TF-100 project it is shelved. Turkish naval industry can't launch another new project. İ class frigate, TF-2000 destroyer, Reis class submarine, STM-500 mini-submarine, Türk class FAC, Ukrain Milgem, Pakistan Milgem the list goes on and on. We are overloaded with projects don't...

Erdogan is not a Turkish nationalist he is an Islamist populist. In his own words, he said "all nationalist movements are under my feet". He ceased this rhetoric after he is allied with the Nationalist Movement Party(conservative nationalists). In the Turkish political spectrum, there are; 1)...

Lol the US is hilarious. Now China will supply Pakistan Z-10ME rather than Türkiye supplying T-129. This will bring China and Pakistan even closer. This benefits no one. It doesn't benefit Türkiye as we lost order. It doesn't benefit the US as China gets the order and this will bring Pakistan...

I heard that land forces won't order optional T-129s. Land forces will order T-929 instead. Navy will also order T-929. The current requirement for T-929 stays around 50 units. All T-129s of the land forces will be upgraded to phase II and a new phase III configuration(new SWIR+MWIR FLIR, SEDA...

Well, Starlink solved the latency issue. Wait until a military satellite constellation with a 25ms latency is put on LEO. Starship can launch 400+ Starlink satellites at once.

Poland already ordered the F-35.

No, it is not strange. Companies bought a lot of stuff to get ready for the new year.

We need an EV like Fiat Centoventi.

December 2021 foreign trade figures. Export: 22 billion and 274 million $ (all-time record) Import: 28 billion and 924 million $ Year on year Export: 225 billion and 368 million $ (%32.85 increase) Import: 271 billion and 355 million $ (%23.61 increase) Foreign Trade Deficit: 45 billion and 987...

The Armenian embargo hurts Armenia more than Türkiye so it is a logical step for them. They are dependent on cheap Turkish products.