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This sabot round is very fast. Initial velocity of sabot rounds are between 1400-1900 m/s. But the aerodynamic performance of the round, weight of sabot, the tip geometry and tip material is important factors for penetration power. American m829A2 and A3 have muzzle velocities of 1675m/s and...

Som’s shape and being specially developed for aircraft launched mission parameters , will not allow it to be further developed in to a tomahawk style missile. Scalp (storm shadow) however is a similar missile. It is heavier larger and has longer range. It utilises a bigger jet engine. SOM’s next...

If we go back to TCG Anadolu for a while; the idea of having super destroyer/battleship out of our LPD is growing on me. Just check out Japan’s Hyuga destroyer: http://www.seaforces.org/marint/Japan-Maritime-Self-Defense-Force/Destroyer/Hyuga-class.htm We could easily load this ship with...

I hope you are not telling me that India is wealthier than Japan! Nominal GDP, is a good “pro rata” indicator of national wealth. If you can produce goods worth of 5 trillion dollars. You are richer than the country producing 3 trillion dollars of goods. Also with the same logic, China is...

I am fully behind indigenously produced weapons. A country like Turkey that has financial constraints and limited resources can not afford to waste money and valuable foreign currency in buying weapons. But PPP is only good if you are not dependent on foreign imports. Therefore effects of high...

Torpedoes are real ship killers of any size! Although old in name and original design format, they have come a long way over the years. They have become stealthier, more destructive, faster and more accurate. They are expensive but indispensable weapons of any good sea platform. The two...

How much of that 75% is actually imported. have a look at that too. Energy consumed to produce that 75% is imported. Say, Aselsan makes the Aesa radar (100% made by Aselsan). But have a look in side what they have used. Mostly electronics and chips and boards that came from China or Taiwan. In...

Nominal GDP and PPP adjusted GDP are two different ways of looking at the wealth of a country. Nominal GDP is the real indicator of national wealth. Not PPP based one. If you close your eyes to the rest of the world and just look at your domestic purchasing power, GDP with Purchasing Power...

Turkish economy size is something no one can envisage. In 2013 GDP of Turkey was 950 billion dollars. At that time it was expected that by 2023 GDP would be around 2 trillion dollars. But the reality is that GDP of Turkey, last year in 2020, was 650 billion dollars. In 7 years it had shrunk by...

HMS-QE2 carrier, has cost UK tax payer 6.2 billion pounds. That is 8.4 billion dollars. This included development cost too. Next ship HMS-Prince of Wales will be less. But still expected to cost close to 3.2 billion pounds (4.5-5 billion dollars). HMS-QE2 was fully commissioned in late 2018...

That last sentence is very important. To be able to fly sorties against terrorists in the east and in northern Syria and Iraq at quarter of the cost of f16’s is great news. With the Aksungur and Akinci drones being able to carry opportunist weapons heavy enough to be in f16’s domain, to hit...

Yes we can build it. There is no doubt about that. But can we furnish it with the right equipment? Can we protect it? Can we afford to keep it? Do we need it? Or do we need more ships and aircrafts before it? May be let us see how we manage with TCG Anadolu first!

Aircraft Carrier project for Turkey is, in my humble opinion unnecessary and way too expensive for us. Cheapest aircraft carrier will cost way in excess of 4billion dollars to develop and put in to service. Never mind the maintenance costs involved. For a country like Turkey it is a luxury she...

Exactlly. When there is planes on it. Then it becomes useful. Otherwise cheaper 2 x Bayraktar class LST’s could do the same job. To have a carrier group you need at least something like this : 2 x f2000 air defence destroyers , 2 x f4500 class frigates. 2 x Reis class submarines And...

I know it came in to the scene later. What I said was that it was the only positive thing about it. All the countries you have mentioned there , with the exception of South Korea, Algeria and Egypt, are imperialist countries. You have missed Spain which has islands in the middle of the ocean...

I am finding it difficult to digest everything that’s happening today! I-class launched! New Midas system confirmed! Galium based 250km range Aesa radar on I-Class! Altay first tank off the production line! Altay look-a-like Leo-4 modernised. Akkor fitted on the tanks and the 8x8 BMC armoured...

I will agree and applaud what you have said above, when the other 3 ships are finished by 2025.

I fully agree. TCG Anadolu is a white elephant as it is. A lot of money is buried in a not so useful platform. It’s only big advantage was going to be the f35B’s off it’s deck. Now that it is not going to happen, we could have been better off with 2 more Bayraktar class LST’s. It is more...

Nothing of the sort! Just making a point as a reply to previous share.

I guess it is more important to build palaces than ships!