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There are about hundred steps you can take in that direction before you recognize a country, see Taiwan. None of this means TRNC will be recognized.

Good behaviour and "Sincerity of leaving the terrorist organisation, since there is no concrete information and documents showing that he continues to have ties with the terrorist organisation" He also has no obligations to report to the police station every once in a while and presumably no ban...

A G2G sale with ASFAT in the lead instead of STM with either Ada, Hisar or Istanbul being offered could be interesting. As said I don't think wind's blowing in that particular direction, but it's the best time to lobby. Whether they go American, Turkish, Italian or Damen, I don't think they...

Yup, wasn't one of the finalists, which were Gowind, Sigma and Abu Dhabi, based on Comandanti from Fincantieri. This 2019 tender is now cancelled altogether. They will probably go with Americans but Ada could also be interesting, times changed a lot in the last 4 years.

Just in, Romania cancelled their 4 Gowind class corvette purchase which was signed in 2019, which was fraught with issues. Damen also didn't work before this. Freedom Class and the Ingalls' NSC based design are what's left. 7 years later, they have nothing to show for. They did join PESCO's...

He can't guarantee that, and I doubt engines are part of that cost.

And because they are a private company. They either need to be state owned or publicly traded to get in to the list. Baykar is neither.

South American landing continues. Apparently a T-625 for El Salvadorian Ministry of Health(which would be the first export success) and Anka-S. Also mentions a possible Ares 53 OPV sale. https://www.defensa.com/centro-america/fuerza-armada-salvador-moderniza-sofisticados-sistemas-turcos They...

Yup. Mentioned it last month. This is just some back and forth between the two, but every meter they separate, is a meter more us for us to operate in. - Armenians and Israelis are hardly friends, from a statist perspective and from diaspora perspective.

Ecuador Army received 20 Otokar Cobra IIs. They look kinda barebones with open turrets, which should be more than adequate for their needs.

On another episode of Turkish Airlines getting into places noone dares to, looks like after Nigerien coupists closed the airspace to foreign aircraft, an Istanbul Cameroon flight is currently above Niger. Looks like it's about to come out through Nigeria...

Yup, If i know this country, we would be searching for a second, bigger testbed few years later. Also not sure about the part us knowing the ins and outs of the platform with the experience we got from HavaSoj will cut it for a testbed, where we will need to modify the nose section, possibly put...

Yes, I was alluding to Sünnetçi's statements on Kaner's last program. Not the platform I had in mind, but still about 3 times better than using an F-16 or Akıncı.

When did a contract deadline ever stop us, truly? It'll be ready when it's ready. Which is probably between 2025 and 2029. Looks like they are genuinely, actively considering buying a testbed aircraft. Maybe if they allocate the budget in the next 18 months, we will see some results 18 months...

They used to be.

I think it's too early to call this that and doubt this can be taken for that. Bazoum government had good relations with Turkey. And we really don't like coups. Expecting any other stance from Turkish MFA is absurd tbh. Turkey I think somehow likes French influence waning, but is not happy...

Turkish MFA press release.

I just love Supacat so much. Jack of all trades kinda platform.