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Poland would also be a natural customer for F-16Vs but didn't see the need or found the costs too high, they opted for FA-50s instead. Add to that, PZL makes parts for F-16s, they'd get a nice offset deal on top. Maybe you don't need F-16Vs when you already have the best US has for sale.

An FA Hürjet like KAI did with T-50->FA-50 could be thought about, of course. Not necessarily for our needs as well. Let's wait for her to do her first flight and garner a few thousand miles first before going into variants tho. Malaysia bought 18 FA-50s for 50mil each while Philippines paid...

One would assume so. Not much point in working on a flying wing if it can't. It has to be.

"We don't call Turks who are not Muslims, Turks. Why would we call Kurds who're not Muslims, Kurds? Why would we call them humans?" How can one call themselves Turanist if they don't accept multitudes of Turkish tribes who are not Muslims, as Turks? Türk-İslamcı synthesis is at its deathbed...

Sorry, nonsense. Even with coups every decade, Turkey of old was miles more democratic than many others.

Nah, pretty sure the reason for the treehuggers' original protest before whole country went up in arms was to stop the municipality from razing the Gezi Park to rebuild the Topçu Barracks. The actual Gezi protests came after zabıta and police tried to suffocate and kill those kids while sleeping...

I would usually say the same but as he mentioned both helis and fixed wing, I think they see a market there, where they maybe modify the T625 platform for a more barebones model that can carry tanks inside or personnel? Other than bambi or buckets, Firehawks carry detachable water/retardant...

I doubt T-925's first iteration would be a firefighter heli.

Thinking about it, as most of the forces are currently getting new T70s(licensing after 2024 is of course a problem) and DzKK is being left behind in the , would it be too absurd to think that DzKK could be the launch customer of the T925 in its general purpose version? Of course first prototype...

According to Nail Kurt, out of 27 ZAHA AAVs, 3 or 4 carries Tamkar launchers, 2 are the command control version and 2 are recovery vehicles. source

TB3 will not be a CATOBAR aircraft. Anadolu will also not be a CATOBAR carrier. It will more likely have a more basic pulley with an external power source to operate it, maybe not even that. If it can generate enough power, it could just take off under its own power using the skijump. We don't...

Coup is what Bibi is trying to do, a constitutional coup or a version of it as Israel doesn't have a constitution. Some say he's now thinking about rescinding the bill, which will probably lead to the collapse of the government.

Wish we could uphold our democracy the same way back in the day. Power to the Israeli people.

Possibly, i dunno. Exhaust heat is definitely a big part of it being "stealth". What i'm more interested in that photo is the gold plating(?) on the sides of the exhaust, possibly to keep exhaust heat from transferring to the fuselage. Never noticed it before. I adore the X-47B.

For the last 50 or so years, assimilation or you could also call it nativization of Turkish Kurds worked pretty well. We have millions of hard working, patriotic Kurdish citizens that do not see the necessity to live anywhere else. PKK numbers around at what 20-30k in Turkey and Iraq combined...

I think it might be a collapsible crane for the engineer version. I'd expect that version to carry the Tamkar but it is what it is.

Highly doubt TF-X will ever be cheaper to produce than F-35. It's 80mil a piece now because they built 800 and keep building more. What keeps F-35 from being the most produced modern jet ever is US not selling it to anyone.

Adding a buddy buddy fuel tank to drone is easier than adding a probe to a drone.

Is this because of the latest American back and forth or as a means to get ready for it? Did Armenians fire back? Questions, questions.

Saw a BMC Power chief engineer who says she works for Batu the other day, she was defending her life's work over on twitter against naysayers. Mid 30s woman, İTÜ or ODTÜ grad, liberal leaning, feminist. Good luck asking her to stay when YRP talks about removing rights of women and speaking about...