It's election time, bureaucrats talk.
If such a transfer exists, we'll probably learn of it from Korean sources, like we did with the transmission sale few months back.
In our preferred scenario, not many jobs as both modernization of existing frames and building of the new frames would be done by TAI.
Which we won't be able to use on Block 70s. Only US made unless we pay for them to certify those.
Buying commercial off the shelf(COTS) parts is almost always cheaper when you have the option to do so and those parts require intensive ecosystems a buyer might not have. They are cheap because they are produced for the civilian market on bulk. Cost of the system you want to make balloons up...
You can never be too safe with COTS components. Every detail in the following report was gathered from wreckages of MAMs used in Syria and with OSINT, a group of civilians were able to complicate supplies of COTS components for our projects in the past. Imagine how many millions of dollars had...
Full 25min segment is here:
Disagree, in relation to these "leaks". These are only patent applications. They are not yet or soon to be products. Companies have no benefit in disclosing them with PR campaigns until they become actual projects with budget from their own resources or from SSB...
You're totally right, forgot about that . I need B12s.
Is this the last, final, complete model for Hisar class (fully armed version), anyone? We've seen so many designs, mockups and models for this class that I can no longer keep track.
https://www.cnnturk.com/video/turkiye/eylem-hazirligindaki-terorist-agrida-yakalandi-hdp-ilce-binasinda-terorist-botan-ergul-ile-gorustu
This guy entered Turkey via Iran and traveled to Doğubeyazıt center to plan an attack where he was apprehended.
To think that military at its current state...
Meaning, PKK tried to take action after saying they wouldn't, because that's what terror groups do, they lie. It's just that it was stopped by the security services.
And if wasn't for that Slav dude, no one would know it. I think it's the same dude that shared the CAD designs of Pars IV few months back. OSINT is a glorious thing.
I don't think this will be the initial setup we will see with Hisar Class ships. I still haven't seen anything concrete on that. If it is, do correct me. Most of these equipment will be fitted for but not with and they can be refitted later on.
One major difference between the Hisar and I class...
For Turkey's last AIM-120 purchase in 2014, as per the DSCA logs,
Excluding the support equipment and further training, should be about 2 mil a piece?
While for the 2008 sale of 107 C-7s, it was $107 million at about 1.4 mil a piece...