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France declared NOTAM over the whole Island of Cyprus and the Area arround. It looks like that France rent the naval Base in Mari, southern Cyprus.

It's important for Turkey, as I menoined in several Posts to have an A2/AD Anti-Carrier Strategy similar like China have in the Pacific. Not only Missiles alone are Priority you need also to spot and track a enemy CSG this need a Network of Satelittes, AEW&C and ELINT Capabillities...

Meanwhile Clash Report posted the Report about the Airspace Violation on X. Important in that Contex.

@Scott Summers They see themself a "Grand Nation". Inshallah, one Time we will fly over Marseille. In the Video related to the Tweet, you can hear french Fighter Jets in the Background. I think their Action overflying TRNC in low Level with active Jammers is likely related to the Events in...

French warplanes just flew low over Lefke, TRNC. Turkey sent a note to France

Roketsan had announced that a new ALBM will be revealed, it's Name is "Demir Pence". This Missile should be faster and will have a greater Range than IHA-230.

The israeli Airforce has conducted Airstrikes near Tartus on Ammunition Depot. Following that there was a great Explosion with a Magnitude of 3.0 on the Richter Scala.

Plan France to Intervene in Syria in order to Protect the Country from the Threat of Terror Groups ? They feel not Threatend by Terror, from 1919 to 1946 they ruled over Syria. On the other Side they pushed hard against Turkey in the eastern Mediterean and Aegean and signed a mutual Defence...

The Siper Product 2 will be better suited for a ultra long Range AA Missile, I would rather deploy them on F-16 Özgür II than on Akinci. I think using AA Missiles from Akinici will be usefull against enemy Drones & Cruise Missiles. Akinci have the Advantage of a long loitering Time.

https://turdef.com/article/turkiye-to-buy-raf-s-second-hand-c-130j-super-hercules

It's also possible to carry them with Akinci XL, which will be powered by two TS-1400 Engines. https://internationaldefenceanalysis.com/chinas-ch-9-combat-drone-with-ballistic-missile-capabilities/

ALBM's were successfully used in the israeli Attacks on Iran. They are more cheap than Cruise Missiles and they are faster. TurAF need them to strike important strategic Targets and Variants which can engage moving Ships like LHD or Aircraft Carrier.

What will be Plan B ? The simplest Answer will be to take chinese or russian Engines in to Account. There must built a new maintainance Infrastruktur and logistics, for GE F-110 Engine it's available, for other not.

It seems like TITRA will Upgrade the Design of Alpin unmanned Helicopter, Alpin-II should carry more Payload. It will have a greater Rotor and would be driven by a Turboshaft Engine. https://turdef.com/article/titra-aims-for-bigger-payloads-in-alpin-rotor-uav-family

https://en.defenceturk.net/testing-of-tf6000-engine-continues/ According to Defenceturk the Qualification Tests of TF-6000 will start in late 2028.

https://turdef.com/article/can-turkiye-build-an-aircraft-carrier

https://theatrum-belli.com/audition-du-cema-assemblee-nationale-25-septembre-2024/ France see Turkey as an geopolitic Adversary beside China, Russia and Iran. This was mentioned in a parlamentary hearing by Army General Thierry Burkhard, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces.