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Last 5 years notwithstanding, France will need to act. Either in Sahel or in Europe. My actual concern is, with ECOWAS threats, will we see Turkish weapons on both sides of a conflict. And was selling our weapons to countries now in bed with Wagner is a good idea? TB2s and Hürkuş are one thing...

I'm not an expert on anything, just a student of everything :) I did mean chaos during the "change of power", yes. I do agree with you on all parts. Coups were a net negative on Turkey. But they were bloodless, for the most part, and I do mean in modern history. If we go for Ottoman times after...

I was just about to post the news about Aselsan signing an EO deal with Roketsan for 11.9 million and was gonna say hopefully it's for KMC. This is great news. Now that we have local EO, number of KMCs in service will greatly increase. It was less than 10.

Japanese militarist culture, especially after 1904 war, and growing from there until 1945 is usually overlooked. They didn't have coups, but army officers not liking a decision made by the civilian leadership and sometimes even high ranking generals, viewing the act as "unholy" for nation of...

This is true, but an absolute majority of them are old, and lack the new tech we have that makes the life of an artilleryman easy. There are efforts to modernize them, like Aselsan's modernization solutions for 60, 81 and 120mm mortars and these are now being inducted into the service. Just that...

Put in some investments, join the next civil war that will ensue in the next 5 years, kill few hundred locals, few hundred Wagner, blow some Pantsirs up, rinse and repeat. That seems to be the law of the land. Sad, but it is what it is.

Saturation is still king. Modern SPHs can send 3 shots to a target in 20+ seconds. Excalibur is an amazing weapon, and it's great to have it on your arsenal. The ability to build these guidance kits in bulk, for cheap is just as important as a capability and probably a greater tool in actual...

All three are guidance kits with tiny fins, attached to dumb munitions. Excalibur is tailor made for pinpoint strikes. It's more of a 155mm gun launched smart bomb, rather than a howitzer shell. It's not reasonable to expect a similar CEP from guidance kits. If we want an Excalibur like...

Arma 8x8 and Spike LR

Full name is still Turkish Aerospace Industries, TAI in English but they did do a small soft rebranding from TAI to just Turkish Aerospace. I'll keep calling it TAI i think.

M197 is certainly not rated for anti air role as it was devised. I'd like to see some actual fire tests with multiple high speed drones before I give my thoughts on it. We only saw one test, at night, firing at nothing.

UAE can't afford to be in a conflict with Iran where they will need the force projection capability of an LHD, they lack the hinterland.

If Azerbaijan is to be a part of the program, their universities will take part in the program in some way or another, like ours do. Russophile academicians should be kept under watchful eyes. Same with Anglophile ones too, of course.

2 Companies of 8x8 Arma mech infantry made up of total 6 sections with each section having a wheeled Alpar ATGM carrier in fire support role, while the second section has UGV IFVs, instead of three more Armas. Third company comes with 105mm armed Tulpar light tanks made up of 3 sections, each...

Something we don't usually see. Otokar's Arma based mechanized infantry battalion organization scheme. Heavy emphasis on Alpar UGV on not only on logistic and fire support role but also as part of fire units. I'm literally itching to learn anything new about YN-ZMA at this point.

That is a pretty sweet deal. Elbit maybe getting nearly half of what Hanwha gets out of this deal.

I think there never was a plan and it was nothing more than a product of a brainstorm session. Converting these aircraft and getting them certified after is hard work. I'm not as pessimist about KC-46. They finally did solve most of the kinks after more than a decade, finally. Unless we turn a...

Name of the Air to Air missile family project. Bozdoğan for WVR, Gökdoğan for BVR and the ramjet powered Gökhan. 25 missiles each of Bozdoğan and Gökdoğan will be produced and given to the air force by 2025.

We usually call them mankurts. This T-72 belonged to a Ukrainian Tatar crew.

MIT will have to work overtime to help Azerbaijan rid itself from Russian influence in universities and in the army. There's no other way to do this.