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Disagree. They would actually like a strong but obedient Muslim country. Problem starts when the country starts to act in its own interests. Before the revolution, Iran was basically a regional superpower. Yet it was essentially a sattelite state. Same thing with the Saudis right now. Except...

I think the air force would go with TFX + Kızılelma + various drones, but keep a sizeable number of Hurjets around for diversification. The real opportunity here is the export potential. We can build the airforces of african nations from scratch. NATO quality with Russian prices. Make a lot of...

Cheap AND quick. Loitering munitions with WW2 levels of production speed is what this country needs. That's why whent they say they amped up the production to 500 per year I was elated.

Iran collapsing has its positives and negatives. Positives: 1- Threat of a nuclear Iran is gone. Which is a big one for me. 2- Assad is out of manpower. We can finally put an end to this Syrian circus. 3- Russia is all out of friends in the region. 4- Shia crescent project is dead in the...

If the car salesman is an obnoxious bully brimming with hubris who refuses to sell the newer car...

I haven't thought about it that way, I think you're right. Question, if we replace and modernize every single part of the plane over a period of time, is it technically the same plane? Edit: With regards to law and treaties and such.

I agree, but we use them like 93 Renault Toros already. These planes will start to cause excessive reliability and maintainance problems in about five years (that's my uneducated guess, btw). We need to be ready to cannibalize some to keep others airworthy, so they can fulfill the role I...

I think people don't really get TuAF's future planning. What I get from open sources as an amateur is this: All missions involving land bombardment is going to be done via unmanned systems. Currently, there are very few benefits of using F-16's and not drones. If we have more Akıncı's working...

That's why we need lightweight switchblade equivalents at the fireteam level. 2-3 per fireteam would be sufficient.