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KAAN was planned at the time in addition to F35s as air superiority fighter. Once it became clear no F35 on the horizon they designed it more versatile. But no need to get into F35 stuff here. Amazing how quickly things are forgotten. EDIT: But if you mean we would not have worked so hard for...

Yes, and without the unnecessary „one minute“ statement, we would have had 100 F35 by now.

Sorry but Türkiye cannot buy 10 or 20 years. The war is imminent. The most recent article from Boaz Galani in Maariv says Israel will concoct something in Syria immediately after Iran tension calms down. Even Tom Barrack trying to play down the risks is an indication of just the opposite...

A further exanple: we sell SA 1000 Altays and hundreds of Gürz, Hisar, Siper etc. They are produced in Egypt, Pakistan, SA as well. 500 Altays and other systems to attack but also protect against Israeli jets move both from SA base and Egypt base in Sinai. Easiest places to attack Israel from...

We dont need anyone to come to our help. We just need money to produce weapons. SA has it. They can invest in our projects. We can establish there a base and send there, say 30 pilots. In case of war these pilots would come to our help with SA jets. But they can also help SA if air fight needed...

Excellent comment, agree fully. Just military posturing without fundamental alignment would even backfire. But if Saudis show a portion of their generosity towards US, then it can help both Türkiye and them. So the ball here is rather with them and not with us. Edit: ignore the first two...

Due to a reason unknown to me, Turkish Navy is not interested in mini/small submarines. The best example is STM500 which looked very promising. But again I assume our TN experts know better than me (us). Edit: Kozan Selcuk was praising STM500 a lot. My hypothesis why the navy does not want...

Well, apparently some other nations were not playing games, and instead working hard to come ahead. Also it seems they were teaching better stuff in schools. Just to remind you our first test nuclear reactor was built in 1961 in Kücükcekmece and they were making good progress on the stuff. But...

Well, 10 years later is too late for SSN. They should have asked for it at least 10 years back. You can keep up with the speed and follow an enemy aircraft carrier with nuclear driven submarine, which is a real deterrence. Hence, we should have been producing these things even without any aim to...

Soft power is not enough, strong military essential to protect interests and yes, some sort of „humanitarian“ imperialism would be good for us. But we should just do it without talking and boasting about these things.

What he needs is an Israeli style treatment! But our people are too lenient for such stuff.

Dont forget you need to find many more navy personnel for 8 frigates of 5500ton compared to 4 tepe class. Their maintenance, fuel consumption etc. does not necessarily scale down linearly. I think your argument for no Tepe does not really make much sense. Not sure CAFRAD could be fully utilized...

Somehow people do not seem to understand my argument. Without MUGEM they wont be building up to 8 Tepe ships. And maybe no NUKDENs either. I See this also as Navy having the excuse to demand more assets. Also additional assets are always additional. In war time I can call back them all to defend...

If we were good in planning & policies we wouldn't have a per capita GDP of $15K today but rather > $50K. I have read somewhere that 1+3 Tepe class are planned for production and for MUGEM 2 more may be produced. So look at the bright side, without MUGEM we would have only 4 Tepe! And that 2...

Just to fend off any critics about the prioritization: I meant this in terms of naval assets. The prioritization would change of course considering air and land forces as well. Actually, TF2000 could still be extremely useful as an extension of Steel Dome, especially if it can be equipped with...

Although I'd also certainly prioritize submarines, USVs, and TF2000, I think your calculation of 20bn is exaggerated on the negative side. Those destroyers, frigates, and MILDEN you are counting in the cost are already needed. The fighter jets are also needed anyhow (they being navalized does...

So the defamation campaign against Türkiye has begun!! They are preparing people for what is to come. Armageddon is in the making!

The Telegraph deletes story falsely claiming Erdogan threatened to invade Israel The Daily Telegraph has deleted a false story headlined "Erdogan threatens to invade Israel" which appears to have been based on statements the Turkish president made two years ago, taken out of context. The...

Iran surviving this way is the best outcome for Türkiye. But we should never sell any weapons to them. This would be a big mistake. We should keep our relations with US at least neutral as long as possible. Iran should buy stuff from China, Russia, and NK.

Yes, the world will watch movies of those who manage to pull off acts like that. Not many will remember the hundreds of school children (actually thousends with Gaza) they murdered.