I wrote almost exactly that just yesterday.
https://defencehub.live/threads/russias-iran-made-drones-failing-and-not-meeting-expectations-pentagon.15148/post-219795
I know that many of us say that Iranian defence products in general are subpar or junk, which compared to western weapons may be true,
but even four out of 28 Shahed-136 kamikaze drones have inflicted great damage to the Ukrainian side and not to forget that swarm attacks mean that not all...
I see it a little differently.
Having learnt from previous "all eggs in one basket" experiences, I think developing such initiatives to make them ready to apply if things don't go as they're supposed to, instead of waiting for the red tape and the deliberately complex decision making of the US...
You're right.
It doesn't matter how long TurAF can keep the Phantoms operational, we need an injection of relatively more modern fighter aircraft.
Although I'm not a big fan of the Typhoon, I think a couple of squadrons won't be too bad given that we can integrate own systems/weapons to them.
I...