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UAVs have changed war recently and Pakistan seems to have been watching closely. I am not sure for what missions they want the helicopters axactly other than the fact that they want to use them at the highlands. UAVS maybe a viable option for their missions partially or wholly.

Have they said they won't wait or what? They should go the unmanned route and employ UAVs to release their urgency for helis which is what they are doing apparently looking at recent moves from them.

We should give a discount to Pakistan for them to take ATAKs with uncertified TEI1400 engines to be upgraded to a certified engine at no cost when certification is complete. For an early batch of like 5 pieces. 4 years is a long time. They will probably try to squeeze time to two years. Still...

I am thinking the way they do. Several years back Baykar chief had already asserted that the F35 is the last of the unmanned fighters when TFX was well underway. So there is already a big bet on unmanned fighters.

High capability unmanned systems mitigate the risk of ending up with no domestic subsystems in the short to medium term. Both with TFX and MBT. It adds a good deal of waiting capability. Sooner or later we will make it. We only need back ups to close gap until we make it. UAVs are made for it.

Better be late than be with foreign components. We have the UAVs existing and coming to cover a lot of bases so some delay in TFX and tank developments is tolerable. We are also not paying for off the shelf whole systems anymore so the money saved there will be pretty much enough for...

The engine seems to be the hardest part to make but in a discussion made a few years back about the plane Japan is making somebody brought up that the Japs will have the hardest time pulling off the sensor fusion. Any ideas how we can cope in that department?

I often see videos of mods made on foreign army rifles. I wonder if Turkish soldiers can make mods on their rifles or do they have to go with factory configuration issued pieces. It may also be possible to configure a whole rifle from different sources, technically speaking.

Not sure but I believe soldiers are issued the right caliber for their mission. It is not that the 556 is not in stock. Turkish army operations are generally in the open field where range is more valuable than ammo count.

They should upgrade the rifles that are already in use in the army not just the new batches.

Refining of the butstock made the rifle more handsome. The more slender the looks the better. I hope some upgrade to the pieces in the field can be made to make soldiers happier.

Probably larger and heavier for the same power.

UAE is such a bad boy Pentagon figures out.

If we don't sell them somebody else will and we will lose a friend as they will be closer to you when you sell something and will be farther when you don't.

I need to know if several engines turning a common belt works well for a personal project. I have only seen it on amateur systems. The way helicopters work is a good example for tanks and ships though as it has been in use throughout the industry. I believe it is the reverse of how differentials...

Coupling two engines is a curious thing which I personally want to know more of. Helicopters often use two engines turning a common shaft and the stopping of one engine does not effect the operation of the other. It should be pretty much the same thing for tanks. I am more curious whether two...

Who forced them, their foreign buddies?

If it was Vestel we should have heard about export news. If Vestel is renamed under a Saudi name then it wouldn't be called Turkish. Confusing, it can be some other maker.

It is actually very good that somebody buys what you want to sell.

Arabs must prepare for the post-oil era and they need to lean on foreigners for military tech, for food and good life where Turkey is resourceful at. They have less than 2 decades.