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There is a saying in English: Jack of all trades, master of none The situation with F35 is exactly that. Fantastic piece of technology. Marvellous specifications on paper regarding Stealth and Combat performance. But when it comes to reality there are far too many chinks in the armour of this...

Easy guys! Yes MKE has Oerlikon license. But @Afif has a point. The complete armament group of Oerlikon was purchased in 1999 by Rheinmetal.

We should take a page out of Italian carrier Cavour: Just check out the “basket” type containers of Aster anti air missile VLS cells. These are in addition to the 2x76/62mm Super rapid guns and 3x25/80mm Oto Melara guns. There is one by the stern on port side and another one at the starboard...

To tell you the truth, we don’t really need any ships supplied by any of our allies. Our ship designing and building capability is one of the best in the world. As ADA class goes, they are probably among the most modern and up to date corvettes in the world today. They need a bit more teeth and...

I-Class frigates aren’t cheap. For the price of one I-Class you can get nearly 4 basic OPVs. (Sans extra weapons). I-Class are also more expensive to operate. In the island infested Aegean and also North East Mediterranean we need patrol boats that are more suited to these seas and have teeth...

This site must have been slow. Only published on 4th October as ASFAT being in the tender. Yet as per your post here, this was supposed to be put to bed in June by HHI.

https://www.turkishdefencenews.com/turkey-in-final-stages-for-offshore-patrol-vessel-export-to-philippines/ It looks like another sale of Ada Class Hull is on the cards.

Just to add to @dBSPL ’s post; According to unverified estimations, Ada class corvette costs around 260million US dollars. Basic OPV based on same hull will cost in the vicinity of 110 million dollars. But this cost quickly escalates as you start adding those weapons. (A RAM System alone is best...

After that hot fire, the steel in construction will have been so badly compromised that it won’t be safe to exact loads on it. It is as good as collapsed.

Regarding speed of sound through salty water; It has a lot to do with elasticity and compressibility of water with sound wave pressure and temperature.. The speed of a wave depends solely on the medium. Sound travels faster underwater than through air; but, contrary to logic, sound also travels...

That is the logical solution for the engines. If engines were manufactured in TAEC (Kale/RR), using parts made by TEI and TAEC, then Germany shouldn’t be a party to it; Especially if the engine name is changed like we did for T700-TEI 701D for the Blackhawks. But there is the problem of actual...

The Typhoon aircraft was designed and developed by UK. it’s engines were developed from XG40 engine of Rolls Royce. The first prototype used a modified tornado engine and built in Preston UK. But as it is a production that is undertaken by a consortium of 4 countries, it is not clear which...

Altay MBT prototype, wanted to see if TCG Anadolu will accommodate it. M48s are dead for the TN. Long live Altay! (When they are in the inventory)

From what I can understand, upgrading T1 to T3 or T4 level requires major work and UK MOD has reported that it is “prohibitively expensive due to budgetary constraints”. But if they can do a deal as it will be sold to an export customer together with say 40+ new tranche 4 planes, may be an...

There must be quarter of a million Turkish Cypriots in UK alone (I remember a consulate worker mentioning it in casual conversation), majority of which live in London and surrounding towns. If with certain incentives some returned, it would help populate and cut out resentment from local...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/05/putin-appears-to-admit-severe-russian-losses-in-ukraine The Guardian Newspaper of UK has made a good summary of most recent situation and there is a map at the bottom of the article.

Golcuk is owned by the Turkish Navy. Istanbul shipyard is a private entity but owned by SAHA. Just checkout the board members . (Chairman is Haluk Bayraktar. Some members include; T.Kotil, Murat Ikinci, Haluk Gorgun, Hakan Altinay)...

No. But Both are State controlled. STM is a Company set up by TR Presidential Defence presidency SSB. https://www.stm.com.tr/tr/biz-kimiz/hakkimizda ASFAT is set up by MOD of Turkey. https://www.asfat.com.tr/kurumsal/hakkimizda

I thought it was ASFAT that was responsible for making these ships. Being a state owned and run set up, you would think that such delays would not occur. But I guess if they have to employ subcontractors that are incompetent and bribes are in play, anything goes! That is a shame!

Well, for the Turkish airforce ; Under Peace Onyx-1 Program, Tusas produced 152 block 30 and block 40 jets. (First 8 of the 160 planes came directly from US) Under peace Onyx-2,3&4 120 more planes were manufactured by Tusas. For Egypt: Then 46 more were built for Egyptian airforce. That...