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Nope. It is related to the helicopter capture and transfer system.

There are no embargoes but there are delaying tactics for example when the Turkish side asks for something to change a week becomes a month. There are many German subsystems and components and they are being heavily tested. German side is taking really easy when it comes to make necessary...

According to President Erdoğan Germans are blocking machinery (probably related to propulsion) for Turkish frigates, turbines for the Akkuyu nuclear plant, and the Eurofighter deal. Germans are also slowing down the Reis class submarine project.

It doesn't matter we won't get any F-35 apart from the F-35s waiting in the hangar before 2028-2029. I don't think Biden can do anything about F-35. It will be Trump's decision and I think Trump will use it as leverage. I don't think we should buy more than 40 F-35As. Instead of 40 new F-16Vs...

We are lacking nowhere it takes time. Let's assume TAI needs to do 100 tests and EASA can only send experts for 2 tests per month. It will take 50 months.

We can produce and sell a lot of 76mm guns for our use and for export purposes. How many 127mm guns do we need? Not many. Investing a lot of resources in a 127mm gun project seems like a waste.

The initial Turkish plan was to acquire an immediate 100 F-35 and 140+ Kaan in the long term (hi-lo mix). F-35 deal fell through and now 100 Kaan is an immediate requirement that is why TAI is trying to deliver the first Kaan in late 2028.

He talks about immediate needs. Turkiye plans to acquire 240+ Kaans.

Here is my Sapan/Siper/Hisar take-on it is probably %100 wrong but anyway here i go. Hisar-D= Navalized hisar single missile single cell( improvements for sea environment, seeker improvements for sea clutter etc) Sapan 1= Quadpacked navalized Hisar (folding fins) Siper Block 1D= Navalized Siper...

It is non-binding for the US, but it might be binding for us depending on the situation. We don't want to risk getting into trouble so we limit the range of our missiles to 300 km for export versions.

Helicopters are ready to be delivered tomorrow but there won't be any delivery of Gokbeys without the required EASA certification.

ACE is mostly related to design. You can design an ACE engine with directionally solidified turbine blades. On the other hand, CMC is the real deal. It is a generational leap from today's standard single-crystal blades.

We should ban the eagle of Germany and Austria. IMHO this is the best answer.

He was fired from Tubitak SAGE.

This is due to the state behaving in an utterly irresponsible way. Temporary refuge seekers always get away when they commit a crime. The heaviest punishment is deportation and most of the time they were released after 1 night in detention. Mob justice is wrong but what do you expect when the...

It is really good to see EASA tests are progressing smoothly. Hopefully TS-1400 can pass all EASA tests this year (EASA should send experts for tests more frequently) and TS-1400 mass production can start in 2025.

The US recently delivered more than 10k JDAMs to replenish IAF stocks. IAF is ready for an operation against Hizbullah. There is no winning against IAF air superiority. Hizbullah must hit back as much as possible to hurt Israel. This way the Israeli government will come under immense pressure to...

Aselsan is working on 30mm and 25mm products similar to Gökdeniz. 30mm might be a good alternative to the current 35mm Gökdeniz, especially for the smaller platforms.

The West certainly came to accept the reality that we are here and will be in the foreseeable future(it was a bitter pill for them to swallow) but the West will do everything to keep us at a manageable size sometimes in an outright hostile way and most of the times with underhanded tactics.

F517 TCG İzmit (I class frigate) it seems like there is good progress so far.