Tbh, if we do a deep dive, a majority of our products that start serial production are actually just LRIP whether it's vehicles, munitions, missiles, etc.
Chadians deployed a Hürkuş and two possibly armed Cessna Caravans to the desert. Caravans were received for ISR missions originally. Bet you can easily add Cirits tho.
Mama look, I'm a bush plane now! Afrikakorps vibes.
4-6 frames per month is almost the speed the TB2s are being built. Make that 10-12/year for at least 2 years.
I also agree on KE basically being a tech demonstrator. I think to speed up the tech development phase they will build as many frames as they can, maybe up to 20 and work them side by...
Baykar has a different view on what a prototype is. Mass production is misleading by standard wording I agree but I think they now consider the flying platform to be mature enough for LRIP.
In this post truth world of fighter jets, even F-35 still has not reached FRP with almost a thousand...
HSL still looks to be the lead, which was TAIS' partner.
https://government.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/navys-rs-20000-cr-fleet-support-ship-project-cleared-5-ships-to-be-built-by-hindustan-shipyard/102793273?redirect=1
Tho with this much delay, wouldn't be surprising if they...
Isn't that a Paramount Mbombe? Figures. Sitution with Indian MIC and its export market is certainly should be a topic of discussion and we can learn a lot, but not the thread for it.
Welp, anything is possible when you want it a lot :D Sending (at least) 3 frigates, 1/5th of our fleet is a strong message. Tho makes me think, if they expect the threat level rising soon. Meko is armed with ESSMs, Gabyas with SM-1s. So interesting.
My brother in Allah, we can't even clear Tal Rıfat from terrorists. Our economy is not closed off and is fully dependent on imports and exports. Turkey literally going rogue with a nuclear program is one way to lose at least 50% of your economy in a year. We can't afford to go nuclear before a...