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Restarted listening to Dan Carlin's Supernova in the East podcast again for my evening walks. Starts the story at around 1933, goes all the way to 1945 and I think beyond. The inhumanity shown is literally off the charts, much of which I was unaware of as a ww2 buff. Had the Japanese got the...

I doubt KAI has any real fear of a Turkish export ban for KF-21, unless it's to I dunno, Syria or something. If they can keep the costs of the local one low, they would surely replace the Turkish ETU links with Korean homegrown ones, why wouldn't they?

It's not clear if it will be the classic LOS version. Also not clear if they will arm it. Also not exactly clear if all this is actually true. So let's just wait.

TF2000 is just starting its life and still very much is on paper and CAD. If we had the budget, 3 more İs would offload much of the weight on older G class vessels and actually help us enlarge the navy together with Hisars. Yavuz and Buraks are goners. We are not going to replace Gs with TF2000s...

K9 had a 6 to 8 RPM, same possibly can be said for T155. They claim 8 to 10 rounds for K9A2 with autoloader and all 48 rounds are in the turret and accessible by the system. Wonder how is it with Fırtına II.

Dedicated platform is a usually soon to be retired old airliner, of which we have multiple. One reason others use airliners is because they can accommodate avionics, testing gear and people to run the tests together. Testing the radar on a drone gives you more air time yes, but also requires...

Air Self Defense Force got RQ-4s, Navy considering Sea Guardian while Army going with TB2s is interesting to say the least. Artillery spotter? :) They may be viewing TB2 as a purely tactical platform like RQ-7 of the old, which at that budget range, makes sense.

I think using MLRS launched 300mms or Bora/Khan at that range is easier, and cheaper. For anything you want to hit 150kms away, you'd want more explosive filler than what a 155mm round can give you. The naval gun option though, that's interesting.

Modded AB412s would be a lovely stopgap until Gökbey can be navalized. Nice.

Boys only want one thing and it's a 250 karat diamond. Like the name, fitting.

Simple, I don't believe a word from anyone until I see an independent ballistics report for the Iyip HQ event as I simply don't buy the alleged version of the event. This country endured 70s, 80s and 90s. We've seen weirder things. Political violence MHP and its cadre inflicted on past AKP and...

Add to it, shots being fired at or near two of the biggest opposition parties' Istanbul HQs for the last week. This is getting dirty fast.

I believe there exists an army base on the Miyako island, hence the land forces chopper. Last reports show coast guard located a rotor blade an oil slick on the water. Possibly all aboard perished. Rip.

UK isn't the problematic one here. Nor Italy or Spain. Germany is.

It's election time, bureaucrats talk. If such a transfer exists, we'll probably learn of it from Korean sources, like we did with the transmission sale few months back.

Wasn't Bozdoğan the WVR one? Did they change it again? This is getting frustrating, just give them numbers damn it.

In our preferred scenario, not many jobs as both modernization of existing frames and building of the new frames would be done by TAI. Which we won't be able to use on Block 70s. Only US made unless we pay for them to certify those.

Meaning it would follow J-20's development, they had similar problems with the initial engines on the prototype.

I wonder how they're faring with IIR guidance. It's a tough nut to crack and multiple missile projects depend on it.

Buying commercial off the shelf(COTS) parts is almost always cheaper when you have the option to do so and those parts require intensive ecosystems a buyer might not have. They are cheap because they are produced for the civilian market on bulk. Cost of the system you want to make balloons up...