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To open this up a bit more for those not aware of Türkiye’s ballistic missile abilities; Turkiye , seems, is playing catch up behind Iran, in terms of range and quantity, as we have joined this bandwagon quite late. Yet we have : Yildirim missiles with ranges 150-300km. - not very precise Bora...

LAST warning to all relevant parties. If this bickering and personal attacks don’t stop you will get lengthy bans. Stay within forum rules. Glorifying human beings killed has no place in this forum. Stop attacking specific races or creeds.

LWT like Leonardo MU90, has an effective range of 12 to 25 km. Tuzla Class are littoral patrol boats. Their range is no more than 1900km. So they are not going to take on the responsibilities of a Corvette or even a Fast Attack Boat. (Kilic Class has a range of 1900km too. But have a different...

There are only 16 in Turkish navy. 10 Tuzla class are in use with Turkmenistan Navy. Our Tuzla Class boats are under armed. Especially with respect to self defence. They should carry a number of Cakir anti ship missiles and we should find a place for a Levent missile system optimised for this...

The 23billion dollar package does not include the engines for KAAN. Nor does it include the F404 engines for Hurjet. https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/turkiye-f-16-aircraft-acquisition-and-modernization They include 48 F110GE129D engines (the last 30 planes we bought in 2010 had...

https://www.ntv.com.tr/turkiye/son-dakika-haberieurofighter-aliminda-turkiyeye-yesil-isik,qCypp4RTeES2JQZMAqMr8g If this news piece is correct, we are in line to purchase 40 Typhoon fighters with 24 asap and a further 16 to follow, after news of Germany lifting it’s opposition to the sale...

It would make it more intelligible if in your post you clarified which “it” you are talking about. Iam guessing that you mean, with the technological capability of Turkey, we can even increase power to 3000HP ??? We have discussed these issues in previous pages many times over. The so called...

That is shortsightedness. What would we have done if we had no DM2A4 to furnish the Reis Class with? When US stopped the sale of MK41 VLS, we built our own VLS; namely MIDLAS. Besides as well as “us” knowing this torpedo “well”, so do our adversaries. So they probably already devised defence...

The whole purpose of Akya torpedo was to replace the ageing DM2A4 (Seahake) torpedoes. So why are we still trying to buy these from Germany? According to Naval News Akya already proved itself by sinking it’s target in a test firing in December 2023. After this test with the real warhead, AKYA...

In early August, I watched live, Typhoon performing even lower manoeuvres. But it was at least 100m away from the crowd and over the sea. Few years ago a plane in UK crashed in to ground killing people on the ground as it was performing a loop. Since then very strict rules have been placed in...

https://www.instagram.com/p/DAtvULfIbf-/?igsh=d3Zlem4yMG12b2c2 Nice bit of news from Aselsan’s General Manager about Murad. ÖzgürF16 has been busy test flying the Murad aesa radar. He also says that Murad has been integrated in to Hurjet, Akinci and KAAN, and that we should soon see the flight...

To add to above: To build a supersonic plane doesn’t really mean having a powerful engine. But a very good, strong and capable airframe. Gripen can land on an aircraft carrier. (If I am not mistaken they are navalised.) it can achieve Mach 2. That is because of it’s enhanced airframe design...

You are correct; in the face of it, that may not sound correct. Then let me try to explain. 1. I am sure KAI didn’t think that they will meet the demands of every potential trainer buyer in the world. As more and more countries start upgrading their airforce inventories, the capacity requirement...

Red hawk is subsonic. Can only manage Mach 1.1 in a dive. Let us put a stop to this argument. I have read the Turkish news piece regarding Mr Demiroglu’s speech. This is “exactly” what he says: HÜRJET will fill a big gap in its field. Being supersonic and designed as a training and light attack...

Firstly let us calm down a bit. In the western world, there are only 2 active supersonic trainer aircraft brands; T-38 Talon and KAI-T50 Since T-38 is more or less obsolete, the playing field is open to KAI-T50 at the moment. Considering the very fact that most modern airforces are aspiring to...

Boeing would love to sell it. But will US administration allow it? Do you think the Israeli F15s and Saudi and Qatari F15s are the same? Hell! US won’t even sell AMRAAMs to Egypt to keep their airforce striking power behind Israeli’s. Besides why would you want this 1970’s design plane? Get...

Again no source! Either provide facts or retract conjecture like posts before attracting warnings! Members are free to state their views as long as that is clear what they are doing and stay within forum rules. But they must not give news unless it is supported by SOLID source material.

If these are your own opinions, then state that it is so. If you are actually claiming that these are the facts; From your post it sounds like it. Then please provide source material. Otherwise this has no place in this forum. To all members: Please refrain from unsubstantiated claims and news...

Well, Jane’s defence has an article on it too. It states as 3000km range, twin stage, 8000kg payload, 16m long and 1.6m diameter. That places it well in to MRBM territory. Army Recognition site states a 75 ton thrust level with cold launch capability. Also it states that the missile is equipped...

One needs to think about the fact that both US and Israel have very short tolerance levels when it comes to losing civilian Israeli lives. (Ironically neither country cares about civilian lives when it is Arabs that are on the receiving end. Nor do most of the Europeans) Bombing populated areas...