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Terms and conditions rarely apply to real world use. We were also supposed to not use our Leo2s in Cyprus and "Southeast" but we did. F-16 sale could only happen if Turkey accepted the NDAA but it was reversed and removed from the bill etc. What are they gonna do, ask for the platforms back...

You don't have the data to back this claim I think. Not necessarily, no. The claim from some that Turkish credit lines and/or military aid dollars were used to channel orders to Baykar over other companies should be investigated in time.

Apologies, but this was indeed third time. Alternatives don't mean anything. We already have RAM launchers on 4 ships, which we would need to spend millions to replace even if Levent and Göksur were ready, and they aren't. As chngr mentioned, Turkey only ever got 48 RIM-116 Block 1s. We were...

It does not. DSCA readout only includes F110s for the F-16s, nothing else. "forty-eight (48) F110-GE-129D engines (40 installed, 8 spares)" https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/turkiye-f-16-aircraft-acquisition-and-modernization You can remove articles from the packages announced...

To have spare missiles for the RAMs we already have on our 4 corvettes. How many times are you going to ask the same question?

Pretty sure EF-2000 is the most expensive jet we can buy, but you make do.

Lie.

There's currently no Tranche 5. Current production aircraft for Germany is the Quadriga, the T4 model. If Turkey signs, it might be the first T5 customer. Numbers are interesting. I think "ASAP" here could mean close to 5 years. Quoting my post from august.

Niger needs all the donkeys they can get, they are losing. TB2 is hardly a racing horse to be honest. That's why it's valuable. I'm more interested in its camera load, doubt it can accommodate CATS.

Doubt that.

We knew for some time that the missile would be different than Sungur, no? Levent is longer. As Yıldırım points out, in a past mockup, they had shown two different missiles in a model, one of which Sungur. Looks like the idea of using Sungur as a substitute is now dead after Aselsan touted...

Lovely, but seems development is going slower than I expected. Radars and the EO both look to be mockups, so this was just a launch test for the missile.

Saudi Iranian relations are much bigger and complex than "we can't let them have the bomb". Chinese led talks that did see results is a proof of this. Gulf Israeli rapproachment is also not just based on countering Iranian military, but moreso Iranian influence in the region. Gulf countries do...

Okay let's do this. GCs had proportional representation in the original constitution that they broke and threw to the trash. Cypriot constitution of 1960 is moot and not in effect since 1964 in actuality as GCs forced the courts and the government to have absolute GC majority with no space left...

Interesting news. Niger is reportedly planning to buy Karayel-SU. They also operate TB2. Per the claim they wanted more TB2s but didn't like Baykar's "overcharged" offer.

Iran's been ready to develop a nuke at moment's notice for the last 20 years. Reason they haven't wasn't because they were unable to but because they did not wish to climb the escalation ladder at the time. All expert opinion from around the world supports this. Can you back this up? That Iran...

We already do, it takes time and lots of manhours. You can't rush these things but we still need new platforms and airframes. T625 is still in testing with its foreign engines, TS1400 is not yet ready and that thing has been in development since 2017.

This will have its effects on our policies in the region as well. "Somalia, Eritrea and Egypt will today declare a new regional alliance on common defence& security. The new 'tripartite alliance' is primarily motivated by desire to counter what the three states perceive as 'Ethiopian designs'...

It's not like they played around. Aselsan's avionics suite took years to mature, which led to the delay in production start. That's why gendarme got S70i's from PZL. Unsure about latest numbers but I think it should be at about 40+ by the year's end, which is presumably when the license ends...

Government's trying and failing to do this for more than 15 years at this point. It's not about needing to do it.