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It does say an initial batch and planned number is higher. If they are going to modernize the ships in batches, which is smarter, it makes sense. And 4x2 AShMs is still pretty standard over the world so that would mean 5 ships and 5 spares for tests. Jane's is usually pretty solid, one of the...

No way to know unless Indonesia shares the deal cost for this purchase and then we can surmise some numbers.

And it's official. "An initial batch" of 45 Atmacas ordered by Indonesian Navy. https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/indonesia-awards-contract-for-45-atmaca-anti-ship-missile-rounds Roketsan really found a footing in the SEA market. And this is now the 3rd confirmed Roketsan sale to...

Targeted PUK controlled oil fields? Ohhh, hopefully it was the Belgian air force.

Oh shit, i hadn't noticed the radome on top. 036 was indeed one of the Milkar birds. This is very bad news for our miniscule airborne EW capability. https://www.airhistory.net/photo/148437/69-036

"On July 20, 1974, in the first sortie to Cyprus, aircraft number 036 was the column leader. Its commander was retired pilot general Safter Necioğlu, then a brigadier general. In the 2nd sortie, this aircraft was wounded by a 12.7mm turret and became a Cyprus veteran. I hope it ends up in a museum."

Aircraft and AF300 under it is a goner. Pity, she was a veteran of Cyprus. Per Levent Başara, she was one of the 7 C-160s on July 20 dropping paratroopers. Hopefully they turn her into a museum. She earned this much, bringing her crew safely down for a one last time.

I like Hermes for their efforts on posting actual news with good translations, but they like using Pentapostagma a lot Re Greek news. It's a small paper with a small, rather fringe follower base, nearing alt right conspiracies in instances. They remind me much of some Turkish ones. Turkish and...

I think only Turkey still uses them. And there are only one or two in the service, Gören here is a special one. They were pulled from regular cargo roles few years back.

Close call by a C-160 Gören, Reportedly landed with minimal damage to plane and no injury to pilots. Great effort.

"In such a situation, whether the Russians will negotiate or not, in other words, their attitude towards Turkey's actions on the YPG/PKK is very clear in retrospect. The Russians did not negotiate over the territories they claimed for the YPG/PKK and always pointed to strategic points for the...

If US gives us the engines to work on the prototypes, that is. I don't think so, but hopefully they are part of the deal. This is one of the costs of being a world leading air force, that you play nice with the top dog. Action, reaction. Maybe they will even invite us to Red Flag again :)

Yup. Rest is the "fee". US is a country that wants to charge us for the hangar the F-35's they won't give us being held at.

20bn figure also includes thousands of AA and AG munitions as well.

I'd say it's more like 60/40 tbh but doesn't really matter. US public won't really care if they leave Syria, not a real point of contention. This I agree with. Even in the best case scenario, US leaves it all, keeps carriers in the Med for Israel and in Red Sea for convoys, and we try to go toe...

So that people won't be confused: "Simply answering a few questions Question: What about Biden's letter? Answer: A simultaneous "confidence-building" step upon the Parliament vote Question: So is this the official notification we have been waiting for? Answer: No. Question: What is the US...

This is not entirely true. Plan was Trump admin's. He just followed it to the letter.

Again, the same 20bn number. At this point, i don't even care about the planes, I just want to see the DSCA notice so we can learn what's in the damn thing. - the 50bn figure some reported is false.

Something's cooking.

Re Iranian connection. Iranian influence on Turkish politics haven't been this high since 90s. And now it's irking the people on the other side of the Iranian proxies that we supported financially and even militarily in some cases. "Under the guise of defending the Palestinian cause, the Houthi...