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As far as I understand, Mr Bayraktar has said “serial production”. Not mass production. Serial production of a complex machine like a plane is never the same as producing prototypes. You need to get the eco system to feed the production line, ready. You need to straighten out the kinks in...

There are various methods of testing a new engine. First a newly developed engine has to go through rigorous ground testing procedures. After initial firing, an engine is tested and upgraded for a long time. The TF6000, for example, intended to give 6000lbf dry thrust, may only give 3500lbf...

This part is Correct to a degree. Modern western aero engine maintenance philosophy is based on preventative maintenance rather than changing parts as and when it breaks or needs changing due to wear and tear. But parts that are marked for longer life are changed at longer intervals. Also due to...

Before anyone is to start to talk about KAAN and it’s engines’ thrust level, one thing that needs to be made clear is that, for a 5th generation plane it is the dry thrust that really matters and not the wet thrust. These planes are supposed to supercruise, and will fly without afterburners most...

Please try not to stray from the topic’s main subject. remember this is not f35 thread. But KAAN, F16, Ozgur and Hurjet thread.

Re: Gabya Class These old ships, as per @Brave Janissary ’s comments, are the backbone of our naval surface power at the moment. We have 8 of them. 4 have VLS and contain extensive modernisation within their hulls. They are the largest combatant ships in Turkish Navy (with the exception of TCG...

A quick question: The whole idea of artillery rockets is to provide cheap multiple deployable artillery rounds in rocket form. Doesn’t introducing a Ramjet propulsion in to such systems make it rather expensive whilst defeating the very object of cheap rounds? As a reference : rampage 300mm...

No it is not. It is in fact rarer than rare earth elements. Also known as Wolfram ; In Turkey there is a mine in Uludag Bursa where over 1400 metric tons of ore was being excavated on a daily basis. Etibank and a German consortium somehow stopped mining it. The mine is near the summit of Mount...

F4 are iconic planes. Almost “Jack-of-all-trades” kind of aircrafts . Naval versions, Air Superiority versions, Air to Ground attack versions, reconnaissance versions. You name it they have it. But they were too rigid and old tech. One of my colleagues’ dad was a f16 pilot. He used to say they...

There are those that believe that electronics and modern avionics accompanied by a good Aesa radar is what makes a good fighter jet; irrespective of how new or old the plane is. When you think that a twin turbojet engine powered F4 Phantom broke the world altitude record of 98557ft in 1959 and...

T-38s aren’t bad planes to be trained on. Also there should be a few Hurjet planes ready to be trained on by 2028, as 12 initial orders were already placed with Tusas last year. Low level initial production should provide early examples of Hurjet trainers. There were 42 members of our airforce...

Base bleed and rocket assisted shells are quite different. Base bleed works in a totally different manner to rocket assisted shells. Base bleed is there to increase range, typically by about 20–35%. It expels gas into the low pressure area behind the shell to reduce base drag (it does not...

https://www.savunmasanayist.com/rooivalk-taarruz-helikopterinde-aselsan-aviyonikleri/ There was a time when we were asking countries like S Africa to provide us with new attack helicopters our armed forces were in need of. Rooivalk helicopter was one of the contenders before T129 Atak was...

There is an alternative to depleted Uranium made from an exotic alloy of Tungsten. Shells made from it sharpen as it hits target and it is pyrophoric (burns as it loses cohesion) US is working on it to replace the Depleted Uranium shells. Since Tungsten is not radioactive it is safer for those...

3000m/sec muzzle velocity means almost 9 Mach. BAE’s Hyper Velocity Projectile project achieves close to this sort of speeds with 127mm and 155mm rounds with precision guidance. They use specially designed projectiles with extra low drag. Short of electromagnetic propulsion/rail gun , it is not...

Our hearts say that; and from tech point of view, EF2000 , especially the tranche 4 with the hybrid Aesa radar, is the far better plane. Qatar paid 6 billion dollars for 24 planes. That is 250 million dollar a piece. Can we really afford that? The only way we can buy those planes is to sign a...

Rolls Royce being a leader in Jet Engine development and innovation is among the top 3 such manufacturers in the world; Together with GE and P&W. Having not done enough to form an alliance with such a high tech company for our TFX project is a sore point in our defence politics. This is a...

Any more off topic comments in threads; warning and bans will be given. Please refrain from off topic issues. There is a political thread if you need to discuss political issues.

All posts related toTurkiye and Pakistan military cooperation have been moved to https://defencehub.live/threads/türkiye-pakistan-military-cooperation-discussions.18180/ Please carry on there. This is KAAN, Hurkus , Ozgur, Hurjet thread.

If you check the latest versions of Excalibur, you will find ranges of 70 km. They too are guided by small fins. First 155mm L39 guns achieved a CEP of 5m and 40+km range. Then with L52 guns they reached 56km range. Latest news coming from BAE were 43.5 miles (70km) precision strikes with...