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It was probably too late for the poor pilot to eject. This was hardly good publicity for the Tejas aircraft, regardless of whether it was pilot error or a mechanical fault.

I don't fully understand the specific benefits of the Aksungur drone. It seems like a platform that is uncompromisingly optimised for endurance, but without offering a payload capacity or system diversity that even comes close to the level of the Akinci. In my view, it would have made more...

Akinci is a platform that definitely outperforms TAI's drone in all areas; Aksungur cannot compete with it.

Kızılelma will only reach its true potential when equipped with two engines such as the AI-322F or the TF-10000. Only then will it become a UCAV that, while not capable of engaging in classic dogfights, can operate as a highly agile scout and wingman within an entire swarm – similar to a pack of...

How this poor country has to serve as cannon fodder for European security. Not that I'm defending Russia, but all this could have been avoided from the outset if Ukraine had been left neutral and not lured with offers that were and are unrealistic. Now it's only a matter of time before there...

It's not that simple: if both sides have stealth capabilities, stealth loses its original role as a "long-range advantage" and instead becomes a prerequisite for even surviving in modern air combat. This shifts the actual BVR window to a realistic engagement range of 30 to 60 km, because only in...

Alternative partners for whom? Germany? The population is already outraged that the German Chancellor has travelled to Turkey to curry favour and actively seek arms and Technology cooperation with turkey. The German People dont understand the 180° turn, because Germany's political agenda against...

What would be a realistic alternative? To procure additional Eurofighters by around 2033/34 – and in the meantime optimize the existing six TAI-KAAN prototypes as much as possible? Because so far, there is no fully functional TF-35000 engine, no one knows how far along the engine is, whether it...

I have been considering various scenarios over the last few days. Turkey will receive 44 Eurofighters – around 24 of them from Qatar and Oman between 2026 and 2027/28, and the remaining 20 new Eurofighters from 2030 onwards. There are currently 12 new F-110 engines available for six TAI KAAN...

It makes little sense at present to consider a possible TB4 platform as long as the TB3 and TB2T AI are not yet widely available and fully integrated into service. The priority should initially be to sell off part of the Turkish Armed Forces' older TB2 stock, particularly to friendly countries...

As if Turkey would really rely on Germany and Co. – that's just PR. Turkey will continue to go its own way and keep one foot in every important organisation or alliance – be it NATO, the EU, BRICS+ or the SCO. At the same time, it will invest heavily in research, development and production –...

We should also seize the opportunity while the offer is still valid – the F-16 is approaching the end of its technical service life. After Block 70, the US will only modernise the aircraft in exceptional cases, for example if safety-related problems arise. Otherwise, there will only be software...

I hope they don't give away technology; nobody gave us anything for free, so we should do the same.

I hope they develop a version with two engines as soon as possible.

Why are we putting up with this crap? They can keep their SAFE, Eurofighter, F-16/35. It's time to make a clean break and turn to countries that really deliver, while doing our own thing. Once we've reached a certain level of technological maturity, these countries will come crawling back to us.

The only possibility would be to order the WS 10 engine from China via Pakistan. The engine would have to be relabeled and the transaction would have to be handled via Pakistan. The USA would find this difficult to sanction as it is officially a Pakistani engine. As already mentioned, the origin...

Don't waste any more energy on countries like that. Get the WS 10 C or D engine directly from Pakistan over China. It is almost nearly identical to the CFM56/F-101 Family -> F-110 engine in terms of size, weight, diameter and LBF, it also has FADEC. It's just a transitional engine anyway.

Okay, but I've heard that the data link update from the AN/APG-68 & Radar & Datalink is supposed to be one of the limiting factors and that the AAM missile is supposedly seen as something else by the aircraft's main computer. So it's tricking the US onboard systems and fire control system into...

I have a question: Is it true that the Gökdogan has a range of over 100+ km, but that the Radar/Data Link of the F-16 Block 30 to Block 50+ limits the missile to 65+ km because it recognizes the missile as JDAM ammunition through emulation, and this is where the limitation lies? And that this...

But that's exactly the point: it's possible to produce a Gen 4.5+ aircraft relatively quickly as a trainer and light combat aircraft. So I don't understand the concept behind it. Turkey doesn't need a trainer as an absolute immediate priority; it could have been produced in the mid- or late...