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    TR Turkish Defense Industry Companies

    Not every company is equal, 80% of those are workshop level companies, merdiven altı as we say. ATA and Armsan were pretty solid and large companies, with more than 50 years each under their belts. ATA was spending big and was also trying to enter real estate business to diversify few years...
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    TR Unmanned Ground Vehicles

    So much going on in this. Networked autonomous fires system // AGMOSS LUMTAS-GM lased to its target by a quadcopter released by a UGV, Pusu autonomously moving to firing position. All controlled by the Kaplan STA. Creates so many possibilities to engage targets from 0-20kms in COIN and peer...
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    TR Air Forces|News & Discussion

    Bigger news is that they have 7 aircraft simultaneously. They've been flying with 6 for so long. Maintenance guys must have saved up another airframe, heroes.
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    TR Air-Force TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

    They hadn't. In 2023, they had approved a bill that would use up to 6.3 billion euros to replace Harriers of the navy and the F-18s of the air force. Spain never went past RFI for F-35s, never committed. Regardless, F-35B was the only real high performance replacement for the Harrier, so it...
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    TR Navy Naval Programs

    Lovely close ups of Gökdeniz on the Filipino frigate BRP Miguel Malvar
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    TR Defence Exports & Updates

    And our first ever look into phase 2 of Aselsan's Chilean Leo2A4 mod program, ATS-65D commander's EO sight "It was predicted that ASELSAN would use the ATS-65 commander’s sights for the second phase of Leopard 2A4 modernisation for the Chilean Army. Previously, internal systems like radios...
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    TR Libya Operations & Updates

    "Following his visit to Chad yesterday, Chief of the LNA Ground Forces, Saddam Haftar is believed to have made a secret visit to Abu Dhabi today." - RSF base in Eastern Libya, making Egypt uneasy. The venn diagram of alliances, relationships and enemies in the Med and mainly around Libya...
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    Forum Announcement DefenceHub server upgrade - GoFundMe

    Being TR based, currency is always an issue, but did my best anyhow. This is a good platform we love, need to keep it running.
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    TR Air Forces|News & Discussion

    First Indonesian A400M, seen with 2 underwing refueling pods. This is a capability we could also achieve relatively easy and cheaply, which would create some contingency to Typhoons being refueled. Drogue adapter for KC-135's boom is not a real solution and it's a workaround.
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    TR Air Defence Programs

    First test fire from the new Pusu Cirit against a low flying drone at 3k feet.
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    TR Air Forces|News & Discussion

    If we get 50 Kaans by 2030 we also won't need any foreign aircraft. There are things that are possible, and there are things that are nothing more than a birthday wish. Drones are not substitute for fighter aircraft, we need fighter aircraft.
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    TR Libya Operations & Updates

    "Turkish President RTErdogan expected to host 3lateral meeting on Friday with Italian PM GiorgiaMeloni & Libyan FM Dbeibeh in Istanbul, Türkiye. Exploitation of energy resources in the Mediterranean will top the meeting, incl. economic cooperation & migration flows."
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    TR Armed Forces Multimedia Center

    Camo says they are.
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    TR Armed Forces Multimedia Center

    Small boys like these make so much more sense with police than army.
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    TR Propulsion Systems

    Because we need to test both, as we need both.
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    Defence Fair IDEF 2025 News & Discussion Updates

    They were focused on engine spares and servicing of such engines well before they were in the business of making shells.
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    TR Defence Exports & Updates

    "We have this offer from the Turkish partner and it is an offer that we do not want to miss, because we have a lack of capabilities, this is known, all the equipment is NATO interoperable. The Turkish Naval Forces are among the ten naval powers of the world. All the equipment that is on board is...
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    TR Propulsion Systems

    I think it gets lost in translation and he's not talking about 120 months starting. If he is, that means they accepted paying very heavy fines in the long term to get a partner now; that'd be dumb. I think he's talking about solidifying the MoU to a contract in as little time as "1.5 months"...

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