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3 Fırtına-2s delivered so far with MTU powerpack, 3 more will be delivered in June. A total of 140 FIrtına-2s will be delivered(250 planned, order cut down to 140 because of price creep). I expect the first Fırtına-2 with the local powerpack to appear next year. National Fırtına-2 powerpack will...

1500hp powerpack production target date is 2024. Transmission has a large British input(probably from CAT)

EU is trying real hard with non-governmental organizations :)

Not confirmed officially. The info came from a source. Overall 24 fighters will be produced for TuAF every year for ~10 years. TF-X project serial production phase will continue till the end of 2030s.

Total cost of TF-X project is expected to be between 50-60 billion $. This figure includes everything. 9 prototype +250 Fighters=25 billion. Salaries: 5 billion $ R&D and investment budget: 5 billion $ Life cycle costs: 25 billion $

60 billion $ budget includes R&D expenditures, technological and manufacturing investments(wind tunnel, lightning test center, composite factory etc), salaries of engineer and workers, prototype aircraft, price of 250 aircraft to be procured and life cycle costs of those aircrafts. Fly away...

Azerbaijan and Armenia round 3 might become reality after the Armenian elections if the winning party doesn't take steps to accept the conditions of Zengezur corridor according to cease-fire treaty.

This won't work. Such systems have altitude restrictions. They might be good to close altitudes under 15k feet on a hot summer day but if you want to go higher you need advanced de-icing systems.

No, wing area of MAM-T is slightly smaller and geometry of the bomb is not ideal(optimized for thermobaric warhead) compared to Aselsan miniature munition. If a miniature bomb and MAM-T is released by an F-16 with the same velocity @40k feet altitude miniature bomb will glide further. MAM-T...

MAM-T Range Figures 30km for UAV 200-250km/h @15-20k feet 60km for Hurkus-C 500-600km/h @ 30k feet 80km for Fighter 0.8-0.9 mach 40k feet. Given ranges are minimum guaranteed ranges at that speed and altitude. Laser designator can paint targets up to 30km and 40-45k feet altitude. Optionally...

Turkey plans to use an electromagnetic launching system in its future carrier. Experience gained from railgun projects will play a crucial role in the development of an electromagnetic launching system. An aircraft carrier is planned after 2030 so a long road ahead. Turkey wants a carrier...

No, Officially 8km. But it is not hard to extend it to 10 if it is necessary especially if you don't need to fire it from the shoulder.

RAM is offered to Navy on top of I class they rejected it stating that the vessel already has VLS system and ESSM/ESSM2(Navy wanted to use a combination of ESSM and ESSM2 on the i class before the US embargo) at the end of the design phase. They wanted phalanx as a CIWS. After the US embargo on...

You are completely wrong. We are not the US. Turkish Navy has its own priorities. ESSM is the main anti missile missile of the Turkish Navy. Only in the absence of ESSM(or similar missiles) TN is willing to utilize RAM. RAM=Cheaper and worse ESSM alternative for our NAVY. Look at how many ships...

This isnt true. I asked many Navy weapons officers and they said having both RAM and ESSM is redundant. Turkish Navy puts RAM system on the vessels which don't have ESSM because it is still a cheaper alternative than installing VLS(big work the ship has to designed for VLS in the first place)...

No, we won't redesign Sungur from the scratch. We will use it as is or we will slightly increase its range if that 2 km extra range is making a meaningful difference in combat simulations. This can be done by slightly increasing the length or width of the missile or improving the rocket motor or...

No there is no such thing as a low IR signature target at an 8km range. Suddenly argument for RAM turned into RAM2 which is a completely different missile system. Make no mistake and don't let the name fool you RAM2 is a different missile from the bottom up and it is even more expensive than RAM...

Ram has a 10km range Sungur has 8km. Sungur can match the range of Ram with slight modifications. 1 Ram missile costs nearly as much as an ESSM i would rather pay that money for ESSM than RAM. RF seeker(more correctly RF interferometer) is not a strength on the contrary it might be a weakness...

That pure anti-missile missile will be fired from VLS. Do you know how much a Ram system cost? Fucking 25-30 million $ And for what? Similar performance to a Sungur which is magnitudes cheaper.

LoL Macron offered credits and donations to Zelensky for the recognition of the current status of Donbas and releasing water for Crimea. This guy is on Russian payroll. There is no doubt about that. Joe Biden also chickened seems like everyone is a gangsta until they speak to Putin. Let that be...