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That's some James Bond level stuff. I wonder, if it will be air launched or via a catapult...

He was the leader of military wing of Hizbullah and was charged with 3 counts of torture and murder, while army generals and admirals are still inside. How nice. Friendship ended with ulusalcılar, now hizbullah is my best friend.

As tankers are low number projects and the costs can balloon up pretty easily, especially in certification, I don't think Turkey will go about developing its own tanker to replace the KC-135s. Producing the Cobham underwing pods ourselves tho, that would be a lovely addition I think. As KC-46...

This is good news! "The TULGAR Helmet Integrated Imaging System developed by ASELSAN will be used not only in KAAN but also in F-16 ÖZGÜR aircraft."

A400's can't refuel our F-16s. They can carry drogue pods under their wings allowing other A400's to refuel and aircraft from other countries. A400s have this capability, but I haven't seen it tried by HvKK, only other users. A400s themselves can also be only refueled by tankers with drogue...

Really interesting that even with all the advancements, Turkey's oil production still has not caught up to 90s levels where it was close to 100k barrels a year. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Historical-crude-oil-production-of-Turkey-between-1950-2014_fig2_283846640

Would love to see it looking not so clean, with antennas sticking out from every surface imaginable :(, I think we can safely say production variants will have standard receptacle for booms. Old art also feature it.

"The first 20 KAAN MMU/TF-X Aircraft will be delivered to HvKK in 2028 in Block 10 configuration and with the GE product F110-GE-129E TF Engine......" Judging by the wording, looks like even if TEI gets the license to build F110-129Es in house or not, first 20 will still be powered by the GE...

Tried looking up but came up empty handed. What does this retrofit entail? Defence Turk piece regarding the retrofit of the 2nd plane mentions after the 2nd plane, 7 more would be retrofitted; but not 10, the total number we have. Did the 10th plane leave Spain with newer "batch", not needing a...

Is the Turkish engine mentioned above that Kaan will be delivered to HvKK with in 2030, a "GE T110" built in Ankara? I think it might be.

First of all, that is a horrible example, second, no, you did not show anything to support that claim. Everything you have said is based on hearsay and non supported allegations but your words are razor sharp. Your arguments don't fit your what you are able to showcase. Noone suggests we should...

Forget everything about its looks, just think about that MTOW and 24 ATGMs. Forget Apache, this is the real tank killer. It is a monster.

I'm still surprised they could deliver with delays. Which means they do care a lot for their relations with us. Do wonder tho, are we sure these are actually newly built engines? Maybe some refurbished and modified old ones to our specs? Not saying it's a thing or that Ukrainians are playing a...

On the gist of your point and for the greater topic, I do very much agree with you. For our C3I tech, we cannot leave the door open to others, be it the Americans or the Chinese. Same goes for the most critical components on our national projects. We need to nationalize as much as possible when...

This will be made up of two parts back to back. One for the allegations, other for my thoughts on the topic in regards to TECHINT. Failing to see the issue here where you base your argument on in regards to Anka and the landing software. As we don't have the full dates and a full test history...

Can't believe noone mentioned it yet. It will also roll of the tongue pretty easily for Anglo audience.

Safe to say, no one saw that coming.

Nope. If they were to revert to old system just after the elections, it would be such a pity. KK also said that there would be a transitioning period. The president's chair in 2023 Turkey is much more powerful than the sultan's chair in the Ottomans. Of course it would be used for a time to...

It's not possible to guess what will happen after the elections if Erdoğan loses. One thing is certain tho, there wouldn't be a repeat of the Israeli elections where the coalition faltered and Netanyahu was able to come back as the candidate of the least divided faction less than two years...

If it is to take its first flight in 2024, I think we can safely say it will be a similar setup to the T929.