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Aselflir-600 is expected to make its maiden flight this year and complete its testing campaign this year if no problems are encountered. The testing process is getting shorter because of Baykar UAVs. Baykar can allocate a lot of sorties for testing in a short amount of time. Aselsan is making a...

It might be a 300mm air-launched ballistic missile with a laser seeker.

One of the Siper launches was done without ÇFAKR radar to test this capability but I'm surprised they decided to drop the X-Band. The results must be very satisfactory and the quality of the track in S-Band must be comparable to X-band. The X-band gives less range but more resolution because it...

We can't sell Altay when AbramsX, K3, and KF51 Panther become available globally and this is not a distant future we are discussing. Those three projects gained momentum, they are not on paper projects. Obsolete doesn't mean useless. An AK-47 is a useful rifle but I would rather have an MPT if...

Obsolete doesn't mean useless. It will be the best tank we have when finally we see it in service but we should start designing the tank of 2030s today. That way, when we produce the first 250 units of Altay by 2030 we can switch to a next-gen tank. Half a decade is not much time. We can't...

I don't like the +4 İstif class to be the same config. I think it is a wrong decision. UAVs and anti-ship missiles are proliferating fast. Even actors like Houthis can form strike packages of 15-20 effectors easily. I think we should rework the mast of İstif class. We should use the X-band AESA...

Altay is obsolete. Tanks of the 2030s will be inherently different with 3-man crew 50 tonnes of total weight Smaller volume and lower silhouette. Autoloader and unmanned turret Hybrid propulsion 130 or 140mm main gun. Next-gen internal combustion engines like American ACE opposed piston or MTU...

Waste of money. Better upgrade M60s than Leo1s. Leo1 is a 40-tonne tank. You can't just magically put 10 tons of armor on it. M60 weighs 60 tonnes. When it is upgraded it performs toe to toe with modern tanks. Sabra modernization proves that. If I were Greek MoD I would have upgraded M60s to...

Wrong. I don't know where you found an empty weight of 14.150kg. I would like to see if you quoted it from somewhere but it looks very ambitious and too good to be true. Most experts expect the empty weight to be around 16000kg and the typical load of fuel+weapons in stealth configuration is...

TWR is calculated with thrust/weight Kaan will have 2x35000 lbf engines. The typical payload of Kaan in stealth config is 10000kg=22000 lbs (internal fuel+weapons) The empty weight of Kaan is expected to be around 16000kg= 36000lbs Takeoff weight is 36000+22000=58000 lbs Thus TWR is calculated...

Yes, we can, but showing it friendly on screen doesn't mean those can't be shot at. IFF doesn't work that way. When we are hooked up to the EU network IFF codes will designate us friendly but luckily we have our own separate national IFF capability. We can use both of those as we see fit.

Yeah, 18 March is the perfect date for showing off it is right before the local elections and the anniversary of Çanakkale/Dardanelles Victory.

It works in our favor Captain Obvious. The sensor capability of the EU is far better than ours and we can stop sending data to the EU anytime we want in case of a confrontation with an EU country.

Lol, Turkiye is not buying any air defense systems from anyone. We are there to hopefully get a workshare and hook our national systems to the EU network.

Turkiye will certainly offer Kaan to BD but can the BD secure enough funds to make it happen? Because Turkiye lacks credit/financing options mainly offered by the Western countries with military purchases.

Pakistan probably discovered that such a small missile traveling at Mach 4 and pulling 40-50-60Gs needs state-of-the-art specialized subsystems like actuators which Pakistan has no hope of developing.

We need utility choppers and something to replace ATAK as the ATAK contract will end in 2028. ATAK II was never a priority. I don't know why TAI pushed it so hard.

We are feeding 15 million more people on top of our population. ~10 million Syrians and 5 million Africans, Afghans, Iranians, Arabs other than Syrians...etc.

Do you know what is an offset deal? The US has no incentive to buy 3 production lines from us for munition production. The cost of 3 production lines is peanuts for the US and even if we sell it for a cheaper price than our competition the US will take the hit and buy from another international...

This is mostly a political move. I don't expect Turkiye to buy anything and sellers like Israel won't provide anything to Turkiye.