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Any start is a good start, no matter how ”insignificant “ it may look. Gotta start somewhere, right? Tru story. I remember seeing the first so called indigenous Turkish plane, probably 40-45 years ago, named “Mavi Işık” (Blue Light). It was nothing but a generic, good old fashion crop duster 😉...

Lol was just gonna write about that one. How many batches of “32 flights” it’d take for a successful testing program? 😂 Thank you. That should settle that.

Thank you

Thank you @Afif 👍 Just didn’t go back that far in the thread. My bad. But is it the project-18?

@Gessler , @Nilgiri I’ll try to connect the dots here, so bear with me please. There is a rumor of a “Project - 18” and also news of this new wide/huge radar that is about to enter service around early 2024. The radar‘s naval variant will require a substantial space on a mast. And Indian navy...

With such specs, the numbers of applications seem limitless (if there’s such a thing at defense industry)

“If you don't have preexisting beef with USA, it is a very good idea for small countries to get under US wings.” Absolutely. And when you add the fact that the small country is a NATO member who is only one small country (Moldova) away from Russia with a breakaway “state” under the influence of...

It will be saddening to see them going for US weapon systems instead of Turkish ones. Hope they figure out someday that it’s a double edged sword being buddies with the US. On another note, I’ll freely admit that I’m filled with joy as the French ended up with a big bupkis. Like I’ve said...

This sale I really would love to be realized, if they start a new procurement tendering. I don’t wanna see France gain any foothold in Black Sea.

Both Good points and I think you are kind of on the same page but just at separate paragraphs so I think Mr. Kotil’s words will help converge your points. He persistently kept giving the Cold War example where both side non-stop developed design after design, even sometimes one project was put...

Yes, seemingly Turkey is happy closing deals. Contrary to common belief, some certain small and rich countries of the region do not tend to align themselves into a political rigid pact. They are very fluid and simply go between actors as they see fit. Their most powerful weapon is their...

Well.. Don’t bet on it If this is Russian humor, I’ll take it 😂

And it’s good to have you back, too 👍

As one great Turkish wiseman once said… Attaaaaa 🤚

A groundbreaking icon of a franchise in sci-fi genre, and deservedly so! - Hey! have you ever been mistaken for a man? - No. Have you? 😝 and not to forget my one and only Ripley’s 🥰 best one liners “Did IQs drop sharply while I was away” “Get away from her, you bitch! “ If they’ve got one of...

Covers a huge chunk of the map and it looks cool 😁

Nope I’m not setting anything. The suspense is killing me 😤 Surprise me TUSAS 😌

I am surprised just like you but could it be maybe part of an SE Asia expansion plan? After all Tusas, if my memory serves me well, was hiring Indonesian engineers for their Indonesia office, right?

Yes, yes, yes! Turkish defense industry has stepped over the threshold to become a success story decades later and there is no reason for not being optimistic for our industry’s future. But we must also take heed and learn from failures of others as well as ours in the past. In an academic...

And, just top of my head: Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Northrop to name a few from the USA and Rheinmetall, KMW and HDW from Germany. I believe you’re mainly concerned that Turkish state owned/partly owned firms lagging behind but Tusaş in particular is in the business of...