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Nah, Ukrainians whether they lose the war or not, will go Operation Nemesis on Russians after the war. They will be plenty of assassinations.

CdG is about 42-45k. Korea's CVX is also about 45k. Since we are not talking with France regarding a new carrier, it's either UK or Korea anyhow.

We now need 2 more carriers and Greeks need 4 so that we can recreate the Battle of Midway. It really is baffling to see how much some people don't have any idea but are allowed to make their voices heard. With pro opposition, it's "everything we do is horrible and a lie". With pro gov...

Fatih is simply the best in the business when it comes to photos. Lovely, very high quality shots. Give him all the access. Getting tired of 720p photos and grainy video captures. It's 2023.

Turkey’s ‘Drone Carrier’ Amphibious Assault Ship Enters Service https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/turkeys-drone-carrier-amphibious-assault-ship-enters-service

That's just being an animal, sorry. Reprehensible, hope he gets captured soon, a quick death by drone is too nice for that guy.

Yup, apart from the single parking spot in front of the forward elevator and behind the Phalanx, there is no safe place for holding any other birds on the deck while fixed wing ops are underway. And I really doubt that single parking spot can be used for helicopter operations, never seen it on...

Hard agree. Though one is gotta add, We really do not have a ship capable of fleet air defence, that's TF2000 territory. If Turkey is interested in a blue water CSG which is basically a carrier, one oiler, one logistics ship, 2-3 GP frigates, 1-2 AA destroyers(or frigates, same thing in this...

Correct, and that is still uncharted territory. I don't think this should be talked about openly and lauded. Apart from B30s or when we introduce HGK as JDAM or other local equivalents as their American counterparts, all our F-16s are FMS aircraft. US has some say in how we modify them. I really...

So it's supposed to be back launched as there's no traverse. Hope we see a test fire soon. Both Mir with torpedos and Marlin with Kuzgun looks more like proofs of concept to me rather than actual products. Launchers are very rudimentary.

Sao Paolo was hardly active for the last 10-15 years. They only kept it operating to keep the pilot and flight deck personnel experiences alive. They've been looking to build a new one for the last 30 years and in the last decade they talked about getting French help to build one based on CdG...

France and Italy do have blue water navies. Brazil's is more of a tradition from Minas Gerais and they currently do not have a fixed wing carrier. Ex Ocean Atlantico is a helicopter carrier.

There is a reason why basically only 3 makers of ejection seats exists which are M-B, Russia and China. Needs hundreds of tests to ensure secure ejection every single time.

We haven't heard about LCACs for Anadolu for years at this point. Any updates?

Yup. Anadolu will hardly be efficient in sortie generation with fixed wing drones. Which is still okay, as I think it will primarily be a training platform for at least next few years. But one gotta also consider, they will send a drone away for up to 12-24 hours. Drone operations do not require...

A fixed wing traditional aircraft trying to land, fail and trying to take off after a touch and go on a carrier with skijump would be a first in history if they did that. I really wish they won't try that. There really isn't any place on Anadolu for a touch and go.

LHD project started its life as a LPD project, similar to San Antonio and Type 071. It was still called the "LPD Project" for years after Navantia's Athlas 26000 design was selected. In intervening years design got bigger and bigger and talk of F-35Bs being bought to be employed aboard the ship...

KE looks like a jet fighter, but at its current specs it's tiny. KE A carries less than an F-5. It'll be some years before it's anywhere close where we want it to be, and that's okay.

If true and successful, biggest decapitation strike since Soleimani. So that's why they stopped the flights.

Didn't DARPA try something similar to that a few years back? Pilot vs AI in sim, two F-16s in a knifefight. AI won.