we need 7-8 peaceful years to build and upgrade our airforce to Israel's quality level and numbers. but that wouldn't cut it alone even if we had the most powerful conventional force in the region. nukes turn the equation upside down. there's no substitute for them. we need at least 100 warheads...
I'm not convinced it's solely a transactional business for the politicians. If it were, other rich countries that could outpay Israel could bought the politicians and have the US on a leash. why can't China do that? or the rich Arab countries? America's fealty to the Israel cannot be explained...
the incumbent would fear losing the elections and resist Israel's "charms". but i don't know what Israel have on US politicians. maybe all the top-brass were on Epstein island and being blackmailed by Israel to walk in lock step with them. who knows?
I highly doubt that. There's no American interest to wage a war against Iran that would grant public support for it. The idea was already very unpopular to begin with. If Iran can prove that attacking their country will cost you an arm and a leg then what argument would the warhawks use to sell...
If Iran has any brains it would use all its stockpile of missiles against the US targets and not waste them against Israel. They need to kill as many American soldier as possible to cause unrest in the US and hope that the government will yield to public pressure and withdraw from the region...
what partnership model could we offer when we're so far in development? The aircraft's sensor suit is already developed, its engine is in CDR and we started printing KAAN prototypes. Time will tell but maybe having no partner was a blessing for us. Having one chef in the kitchen gives us...
Much appreciated (y)
can you also give us a perspective on military turbofan testing campaign? by that I mean, assume the company has designed and built the first prototype and we fired the engine the first time. Between the first firing and delivery into service, what percentage of engineering...
@Nilgiri
what is the minimum requirement an engine needs to satisfy before it's integrated with a platform? is hitting certain thrust targets enough to give the go?
the engine prototype will be fired first time in 2028, earliest. this comes from TAI CEO. we have just entered the CDR phase. so there is no TF35k to run, yet. we haven't started building the first prototype. so what you say is literally impossible.
From TUSAŞ CEO regarding TF35K:
"PDR phase completed, transitioned to CDR. 1.5-year detailed design process has begun.
Goal: First prototype tests in 2028-29, aircraft integration in 2029-30.
Process is fast but we must accelerate even further."
I argued 4 months ago that the 2026 date...
these knuckle-heads(@Turkish Century) think sending a 4ton+ satellite into GEO is something that can be done in a few years. We don't even have any projects to develop a launch vehicle at that class. Our near-term goal is to launch a rocket with 400kg payload to LEO in a few years. Then there...
TUSAŞ CEO:
"The 10 engines we have are sufficient for the prototypes.
We are awaiting engines from the USA, and we are currently in the final stage of the approval process.
We will likely receive approval for the first batch of blocks 10 and 20 this month, or perhaps next month. ✈️"
