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I could not find in which topic it was discussed that Greece want to arm her turboprop trainer and use them as "drone hunters" Should we not consider counter arming, and arm our TB2's with sungur ATAS? Could come in handy if TB2's could fire air to air Sungur missile when needed.

Why not?

Even 10 years ago I would have agreed that manned aircraft are better, trained eye would do better. But nowadays integrated sensor suites negated all of that, with IR detectors one can detect much earlier and further than the human eyes, terrain mapping radars see even the smallest terrain...

I think it is good, the central command and defense ministry in the same compound. Short lines for decision making. It is not a pentagon as it has 10, not 5 corners but the idea is of course the same. Since we have more and more cross border operations / war like situations it is good to...

A barrel launched Sungur would have some purpose

Would be interesting if TANOK reached altitudes of 4-5km (against helicopters / drones)

Only integration into the FCS system as far as I know

TANOK is more or less a tank barrel launched ATGM with a 6km range. A limited range laser guided ATGM What gain will it exactly bring?

So the missile with interfacing release mechanism could weight about 700kg We have to know the tolerances of the hardpoints of F16 and Akinci to make an estimation and after that the missile has to undergo various tests whether or not it causes resonations when carried. So it is not so easy to...

What is the weight of TRG300? Can the hardpoints of the wings carry such a heavy and volumous missile?

30 februari LOL! By my knowledge februari has 28 days and once in 4 years 29 days

On the contrary, in Syria, Libya and Karabag the UAV's were operational in war and against air defenses. Where manned aircraft could not be risked due to air defenses, drones made the difference

People are quick to dismiss certain warfare option cos in their mind they look up to the US and think: the US is using it this way, this is the best and everything else is not worth to even try out. We have seen all those fortunetellers who predicted that TB2 was no match against modern air...

So much fuss without knowing people think they are expert on everything Fact is that the longest range kill by AMRAAM missile is from a Turkish F16 at a range of 45km shooting down a Syrian Sukhoi jet Having AA missiles on Akinci is more than worth trying out. Without trying out "experts"...

Aside from the effect of having an AA armed UCAV flying in a conflict zone. Turboprop drones will inherently not be fast aircraft, but the Harrier was not either. Nonetheless it was a very valuable asset even used by the US air force. All our assets add +1 to our fighter force

Do you know the Falklands war, in which British Harriers (low speed) easily downed the much faster Argentinian Mirage jets? The British had simply the better AA missiles Mod Edit: Stay away from provocations. Report and don't engage on personal level!

True it can't. Akinci has never meant to be an "air superiority fighter", that's the role of TFx. But Akinci with the right AA missiles is perfectly able to defend herself, as it is the missile that does the job not the platform. The platform is facilitating by carrying the missile and the...

Range of super Tucano, secondly no radar This is actually even a non constructive debate as it is already decided that AA missiles will be part of Akinci. And some guys are still debating whether that can be or not.

A super Tucano does not have a radar, whereas Akinci will (and AESA to be precise) But putting a AA missile on a super Tucano is impractical cos that aircraft has a limited range, AKINCI like drones have quite a respectable range. (you can fly mission in Libya and land back in Turkey). Try that...

That's a bit false analogy, that AIM-120C is not fired from super Tucanos because of speed but because it is impractical and no such demand was placed ever. The second statement to able to launch a ramjet or scramjet you need to be going very fast is also false, the missile simply would need a...