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A Navy MPA was sent to Senegal for training and providing support to Senegalese forces. Honestly we are the most generous people on this planet...

5th and I believe the last SAR/CSAR T70 will be delivered to air force tomorrow.

The "report" is non existent, there's no such report. VLS placement on Meko 200 is top heavy, that is known, it's the same for all cousins, same for decades.

You should read article 6: "Article 6 “For the purpose of Article 5, an armed attack on one or more of the Parties is deemed to include an armed attack: on the territory of any of the Parties in Europe or North America, on the Algerian Departments of France(later removed), on the territory of...

It wasn't competitive in its age as well. IL-62 stuck around due to embargoes for decades but for any west leaning country that didn't have any embargoes from US, 707 simply swept the market. VC-10 had the advantage of higher top speed and better STOL performance. It was designed to be used on...

On a whim, I'm sure with enough time and tinkering 110-129Bs can be used for twin jet configuration. Two issues with that. 1st, is spitting in the face of US export controls, giving another very nice silver plate to US to use for embargoes; 2nd, literally cannibalizing our already low number of...

No TB3 deployment. Unless they bring something out of the hat in two days, claimed september deployment of TB3s on Anadolu is one other failed claim.

Orko mentions where we are clearly. If there is CAATSA against SSB in Turkey, US by law cannot export F110s to Turkey to be used on Kaan. This has been known for years. There's no Kaan by its current form as long as CAATSA is in place. I think this new explanation by Fidan on engines in not...

This bid wasn't chosen. TAEC is defunct before it ever took off the ground as far as i'm aware. They used to have a website, that too is gone. Per public info, Turkey wanting to push Qatari involvement in the ownership of the company ultimately led RR to pull out from TRMotor as well.

Noone in the electorate cares whether Kaan flies with F110s or TF35000s. Kaan existing and flying is enough for a win. I think the discussions continue and nothing is certain so far. Nothing has changed compared to last week officially. It was probably a step in the right direction re relations.

Security is good.

Siper 1-D(N) launch from MIDLAS.

Under the deal, 2 would be built in France and other 2 would be built in Russia with French support.

I think "being built" is a rather generous term for those two. I don't think they went more than keel laying. They aren't building anything by themselves and DCNS cooperation ended a decade ago.

I don't think this is as big of a leverage as it's made out to be. TK for decades have run a dual fleet of European and American aircraft. It's a doubling of the fleet to get better deals from manufacturers and to make sure in the event of a crisis, portion of the fleet can run regardless, be it...

If it can come, that is.

Spanish document mentions aircraft being built in Turkey and then being modified to Spanish needs, rather than different blocks having different equipment. One thing I like is that 45 number probably means Spanish acroteam Patrulla Aguila will be returning with Hürjets. They were finally...

US didn't lie. They clearly told us what would happen. Erdogan government thought they were bluffing so they called the bluff and we were met with CAATSA and being booted from F-35. We never asked for Rafales. We never asked for Gripens either. But they did help get TF-X start off in 2013...

Aircraft will be built by TAI in Turkey and modified by Airbus in Spain. Deliveries will start in 2028 with first units being ready for 2029-30 training period.

Spain is planning to buy up to 45 Hürjets. Not clear if some of it will be options or not.