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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!

Main points of the M F Aksit interview: 1. PD170 ; Currently in use on Anka there is now a PD180 model in the works , 10kg lighter but will have more power for TB3 Bayraktar. 2. PD222 ; Already Ank has flown with it. Aksungur too. This engine will also be used on a lighter longer endurance...

I don’t know what the intended regular usage frequency for these vessels are. But I can see 2 Tuzla class ships from my balcony and they hardly go out. May be once a month? Even the 2 mrtp33 that are there, will go out at most once , sometimes couple of times a week. Away from coastline...

https://www.savunmasanayist.com/preveze-denizalti-yari-omur-modernizasyonu/ Preveze class submarines are being modernised to become even deadlier. They will have new MUREN battle management system with new heavy class Akya torpedoes. Almost all foreign based systems will be replaced with...

Neither! TR Motor, would like to think they are part of it. But RR will not give IP rights to TR Motor. So only scenario I see is RR/Kale produce the engine in Turkey under license with permission to sell to third parties and sell it to Tusas. They may use TEI for some parts. But whether they...

I fully and strongly agree with you. We can not afford to delay the next 3 ships like we did with the milgem corvettes. These three ships and the Reis submarines are vital. In fact the modernisation of Barbaros Class is important too. But I guess it can start the minute the F515 Istanbul is in...

Thermally Modulated Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries This is a new battery technology being developed. 10 minute charge, no adverse effects of li-ion or li-hydride or li-polymer batteries. Much cheaper longer life (expected to last 2 million miles). It does not catch fire. And most importantly...

UAV‘s and missiles were new to us when we started putting them in our inventory. You are correct that We are not the ones who decide. But we are here to make a point. I respect your point even if I do not agree with it. So let us say we agree to disagree!

The only thing obvious is the fact that there are people in the army that think that what they are used to is the best. Every new tech will bring with itself many criticisms. Bayraktar TB2 is a good example. You outright say “Turkey cannot chose” without giving any credible reason as to why...

Good point! But a tank like Altay that is designed against radioactivity leakage and can go under water, should be airtight enough not to allow graphite dust to come in. With a battery-less system you are describing, you are introducing a transmission in to the equation. This will will defeat...

If you check how a hydrogen fuel cell operates you will find that , when hydrogen is burnt with oxygen the energy obtained is used to charge batteries that drive an electric motor.

Your mindset is still stuck on an all electric car. I gave Tesla S as an example of HP power. This car is light does 0 to 100kph in less than 3 seconds. We are talking about a HYBRID tank engine. All of the electricity is coming from a diesel engine; either by charging the batteries or by...