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Good question! But every country has different priorities and different approach to defence matters. Over the years, Turkey learnt the hard way not to be totally dependent on foreign military equipment. To this date the backbone of Turkish military equipment has been coming predominantly from...

Exactly! One should be patient with these things. Just remember how long we watched the pictures of the “big fish” Akinci! Then came a second and third prototypes. Then the flight tests. All in good time! Has there been any time when Selcuk Bayraktar has faltered with what he said about any of...

F135 engine has 27000lbf dry , 41000lbf military thrust. But it can for short bursts develop 29000lbf dry and 43000lbf afterburner thrust.

Americans prefer their gas turbine engines. Turbine engines do not take as much space. And crafts furnished with them are much faster. Yes they are thirstier and hence not very economical when cruising. But when you have an Arleigh Burke class destroyer with 4 x LM2500 gas turbines for...

There is no lbs. It is lbf (pound force is the unit for thrust). To shorten it some may use pounds thrust in plural. Hence lbs. But not correct nomenclature. 6000lbf dry thrust and 10000lbf with afterburners is probably a bit more powerful than the AI-225-25 which is a near 6000lbf dry thrust...

Russians exaggerate about ranges. They have a similar but slightly heavier rocket that is launched from air platforms, and they quote near 1200 km ranges. But Israeli Rampage is estimated to have well over “hundreds of miles” of range. As stated by the above magazine. Hundreds meaning minimum...

Yes Exactly. That will make it very difficult to intercept. Although theoretically they can be intercepted by modern AD systems, Israelis have made a point of their 300mm f16 launched Rampage missiles being very difficult to intercept. They have used these missiles many times in Syria in spite...

According to latest news, we are getting ready to test UCAV launched versions of trg122 and trg230 artillery rockets. This is great news. This will enable Anka, Aksungur and Akinci to launch ground attack from stand off distances. Although the advanced seeker heads used in these rockets push...

That map and your comment shows how little you know of Turkish presence in the Middle East. Memluks of Egypt were a Turkic Dynasty that ruled Syria 1250 to 1517. Before that the Turkish Great Seljuk Empire ruled big part of Syria 1037-1194.

I can’t see TAI producing regularly 2 aircrafts each per month (never mind 10 of each) and Turkish Defence Forces/Turkish Government being able to finance 2xTFXs (~200 million dollars), 2xHurjets (100million dollars) and 2xT-929 (~100million dollars), 2xGokbeys (~50million dollars). That is best...

Well! He should know enough about his suppliers’ production rate. He was in the board of TEI for a while too. But as the head of TAI he should have access to extensive information on TAI’s supplier list and their lead times for subcontracted parts to make a fairly correct educated guess.

Temel Kotil has repeatedly said that in an emergency situation they can increase production rate to 10-15 planes a month. He always quotes 2 planes per month, as it is the sort of number that could be financed by a cash strapped country like ours. He says the same 2 per month for Anka and T-129...

It is a silly idea! More than silly; It is a totally wrong idea! Turkiye is formed by “people” who call themselves Turkish. Not necessarily ethnic Turks. As our great leader Ataturk stated; “The people that formed the Turkish Republic is called Turkish Nation.” This includes people with ethnic...

Compare that with last year’s https://www.savunmahaber.com/en/sasad-defence-aerospace-sector-performance-2020-report/ (they do publish it in English later as well)

Before developing a VLS capable Atmaca, it may be a wiser decision to perfect the submarine launched version to replace the Sub-harpoons we have on U209 submarines and also ready these missiles for the Reis Class to use. Since a decision was taken earlier, to integrate Atmaca missiles to all...

https://www.sozcu.com.tr/2022/dunya/suriye-operasyonu-sam-ve-moskova-gucleri-asker-yigmaya-basladi-7179806/ Syrian, Iranian and Russian armour have been gathering in Northern Syria. US are definitely against the operation by the Turkish side. Although they won’t interfere directly, indirectly we...

Actually the beauty of this technology is that you are doing away with a lot of moving parts that a turbine engine consist of. In a CRDE what you have is an annular detonating chamber and fuel inlets. Normally There are no compressors no turbine blades that need to be made out of single crystals...

As I tried to explain above, the development of gas turbine engine technology is reaching it’s limits. Gas turbine engines can only operate in atmosphere. They are not very fuel efficient. At high altitudes you need turbojets, at lower altitudes you need turbofans. A CRDE (Continuously Rotating...

I understand your point about them being death traps etc. But any armoured vehicle that has no APS and ERA fitted, will be a “death trap” in the battlefield against modern ATGMs. However, when these vehicles undergo modernisation process, they become more agile with longer ranges and develop...

Not very likely to happen; 1. Turkey is playing the “neutral” country card. Therefore shouldn’t supply arms to either side. 2. M113 vehicles are being upgraded with hybrid power packs. If first 50 are successful, it could be useful to us. 3. Each one of these vehicles is around a million...