Comparing Tesla to TOGG doesn't help anybody and doesn't prove anything. Tesla was a start up that saw two capital injections, first from Musk after he got in, then a much larger one from the IPO in 2010. Roadster was a very low production sports car that more or less originated as a tech...
Unless Nigeria heads in guns blazing, they have no fear from above, but all of these countries have plenty of manpads between them. Will be interesting to see how they fare against MANPADS, like helicopters faced in Ukraine. I'm also pretty sure neither the Hürkuş nor the Tucanos are in any way...
It isn't, they're no name. RUSEN seems to be the actual source. I don't like their content per se but they are not nonsense as well, so there must be something. If Erdogan is to visit Libya soon, something is afoot.
On the contrary, we probably could do with a bit more hands on approach. Reason we don't is Egypt and UAE. Turkish footprint in Libya is minimal still.
I hadn't seen this. Ada Class TCG Kınalıada is currently docked in Constanta for "Romanian Navy Day"
Probably unrelated and it's just a coincidence, she was just available for the port call, but maybe not.
Exactly my point. TurAF is so stretched thin, especially regarding fighters that, we cannot afford failing at KAAN. We cannot even afford small delays numbered in few years. It HAS to work and it HAS to work in time, or we are in deep shit. Underpowered KEs that can't talk to our F-16s like...
KE won't be a force multiplier for years. Any TF6000 powered platform, as well. Our F-16s are not borrowed power. It doesn't work that way.
COIN ops are almost unrelated to TurAF. By their nature, they are low cost and low tech.
Yes, Russia is a failed state when it comes to technology and...
Where are they? Those will be tomorrow's problems, not today's. Today's problems are very much alive. You fight your wars with what you have now, not with what you plan to have in 5-15 years. We are forced to turn the other cheek and not maximize our profits because our air force of today is...
A Mk-82 made by MKE or US has the same explosive filler, they both explode on impact. Making your own equipment doesn't correlate to capability or numbers. By every metric available, TurAF is at a worst state today compared to 30 years ago. We failed to keep TurAF far ahead of our rivals as it...
Says who, exactly?
TurAF of 2023 compared to contemporary competition is at its least powerful state in the last 40 years both in quantity and quality. We were bombing Serbs at night with JDAMs 30 years ago, a capability only US had at the time. We had access to near everything US had access...
Partly yes but we have now multiple small boat manufacturers building and exporting boats to all over Europe. Cutting the supply chain to Europe is one thing, stopping the builders is one thing.
There's not much available. If this deal is something like they did with Albania, it only includes Turkish citizens that are in UK illegally being returned.
UK announces deal with Turkey to ‘disrupt’ people-smuggling gangs
Home Office staff to support Turkish police in preventing export of small boats used for illegal crossings
On Tuesday night, the government announced the establishment of an operational “centre of excellence” by the Turkish...
