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Yes the air thicker at sea level. The speed of Bozdogan may be compromised. But you give figures as if you have tried it or have a source that says it can’t go over Mach 2.2. Can you provide a source? How come a missile like ESSM manages 4+ Mach at low altitudes to engage with incoming sea...

How can you say same range and capability? A missile with Bozdogan’s speed , (which is twice the speed of Sungur) and Bozdogan’s size, will have a much longer range than Sungur which is given as 6km by Roketsan. US has been testing aim9x in ground launch trials. With additional fuel and other...

Bozdogan’s size is the only disadvantage here. But we have mk29 type ESSM missile canisters on ships. Same type of canisters can be used. So if chosen and if it is more advantageous, why not? Yes. It will cost more than Sungur. Yes. It will take more space. Also it will be heavier. There are...

RAM is expensive. Each missile cost is as mentioned here, is close to a million dollars. You have 21 of those when you fill one battery. The missile has a speed of 2+ Mach . Bozdogan , if it costs same as aim9x, should be a third of a RAM missile with a top speed of 4+ Mach and a range more...

This is normal. As I explained in my previous post, TJ300 was produced as a trial for an axial flow jet engine prior to a larger turbofan, TEI knew they were going to be asked to produce for TFX.

Production of TJ-300, if you listen to Prof Aksit, was the result of TEI, experimenting on an axial flow engine. They knew they would be asked to produce an axial flow turbofan engine soon. So they wanted to produce a small engine as a trial run. It happened to fit the bill for an engine for...

PBS-TJ100 has a centrifugal compressor. These type of engines are old school engines. No more used but in turboshafts and small turbojets. It is however, more efficient where single compressor stages are used. A single centrifugal compressor stage can produce 3-4 times more compression than its...

Exactly ! The first firing test of Bozdoğan was carried out with it being fired from a stationary ground positioned F16 wing. That test also proved that we have an effective Sea-RAM missile in hand with a very good range. So, not just a WVR a2a missile, but, a very good Sea-RAM missile too!

Trlg-230 and MRAShM with half the range of Atmaca appear to be more convenient missiles for ULAQ, especially when you consider the fact that more of them can be carried, and these boats can be active 400km away from your shores with a stealthy cover anyway. But technically nothing should be...

Is this what you mean?

A simple and cheap strategic weapon : ULAQ , furnished with Atmaca and TRLG300 missiles can be 400km away from a shore based controller or a sea based ship that it is being controlled from. Through satcom it can target an enemy ship 250km away from itself with subsonic missiles or 130km away...

This is a small step in terms of our WVR air to air missile development but a big step in our air to air missile program. Now we can look forward to a family of missiles and of course a ramjet version as well. They will all come one after the other. One thing that is bewildering however, is the...

If Motor Sich could build an AI41 or even an AI31 copy , then I would jump in to this opportunity. But at the moment they are good at building what they have in their current library. Mainly high by-pass civil airliner engines, small cruise missile engines and turbo shafts and also a small...

OK! These pictures are nice but the latest news about it is even nicer! It completed it’s 30000+ft trials (with it’s landing gear inside) with success. https://www.raillynews.com/2020/10/The-second-tiha-has-successfully-completed-the-high-and-medium-altitude-asymmetric-thrust-test./

With our navy’s general approach of reluctance of ripping a perfectly good surface to accommodate another platform, may be over ruled here. There are political pressures in play and of course they are trying to get the most out of the LHD. Since F35B is no longer an option, UAV’s and may be even...

WW2 aircrafts’ truly “apparent to all” aerodynamic properties has nothing to do with the operational “dynamics” of a carrier. No one is comparing WW2 carriers with TCG Anadolu! What I am stressing here is the possibility of landing and take off with a single runway. Please do not pick out a...

Correct. I thought initially that Mr Copur was talking about a full blown carrier operation for Hurjet. But according to below link Mr Demir is also talking about Hurjet , operating from TCG Anadolu in the last paragraph...

Neither did the WW2 carriers. QE2 carrier has two parallel runways. Angled runways are there for landing and missing the arrester and re taking off while another plane is taking off. Second runway is necessary if you are employing large number of aircrafts off of a carrier and you need to have...

What are those blue canisters in front of Ulaq’s , behind the mast? Looks like some form of VLS!?

https://www.savunmasanayist.com/abd-av-8b-harrier-ii-devam-karari/ Very interesting that US Navy is keepin it’s 124 Harrier II Jump Jets in operational readiness till 2029, rather than replacing them with the F35B’s that they are so keen to sell to their allies! They are actually modernising...