Really doubt it's nukes. Reaction time doesn't matter when there aren't any deployed fighter squadrons in Incirlik. In this day and age, US won't increase them in Turkey. Aviano is only 1.5 hours away anyhow. They would rather deploy B-52's from UK and Rota than working with us on this.
So far*. Nothing to suggest that same kind of escalation won't happen between Iran and Turkey in the near future. When they did those attacks on our bases, they were also lobbing small rockets into US bases. Now they are sending Scuds into those American bases. What's to say we're not next? I'm...
They did rocket attacks against our bases in Iraq in the past. Those were small attacks and didn't result in big damages, but clearly they have the capability to go bigger.
Is that a double launcher? Should we understand that İ Class carries 2x2 torpedos instead of the standard 2x3? Design is different than what Mir USV used during its torpedo test.
Any ideas?, @Anmdt
"Bahçeli announces support for Sweden's NATO membership"
"In practice, Turkey has already agreed to Sweden's membership of NATO because it did not object to Sweden's participation in the Steadfast Defender exercise, which is due to start in September, without confirmed membership. The Turkish...
Don't doubt it. Very likely that this is a hit piece to stove off the rumours by bringing them out to light. They did the same again last year, brought some tiny rumors to public, got people talking and those rumours died down after.
Simple numbers to drive the point home. In the year of 2024, we currently only have 200 tanks (160 M60TM, 40 Leo2T1) that can hope to survive against any ATGM from the last 40 years on a frontal attack.
Yes, at 92 million USD. 2026 for İmece 2 and 2027 for İmece 3 completion also given. Wonder if launch costs are part of the project budget. İmece-1 launch cost figures are not public, but per SpaceX' publicly available data it may have cost as low as 4-5 million dollars.
What's more interesting is if it was carrying a new batch of 2 T129s, why would it do a stopover at Watiya? Such a load should be more than able to do a no stop trip. Weird. If it did do a refuel stop at Watiya though, that's a huge thumbs up to logistical capabilities we have in Watiya now.