Key sentence:
"If the United States decided to withdraw the remaining nuclear weapons from Incirlik, it could probably do so with a single C-17 transport aircraft"
Honestly, I'm not an anti-American 'Turkey stronk' guy but do we really need American nuclear weapons stationed on Turkish soil...
Nuclear Notebook: United States nuclear weapons, 2021
By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, January 12, 2021
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At least until 2010, Turkey was still using F-16s for the nuclear mission, although it is possible that the mission has since been mothballed...
Tbh, the Germans don't believe in the superiority of French defense know how. I remember vividly one German news article which made a comparison between Francogerman products and pure German products. In almost all the cases every cooperation with the French led to disappointing designs with...
Are we talking about the very engine that the South Korean Army declined due to performance issues? Isn't this the reason why South Koreans are using German engines instead of homegrown versions? I'm confused.
@AzeriTank
I found this article but the primary source is Azeri:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/azerbaijan-front-line/-48b-worth-of-armenian-arms-destroyed-in-karabakh-war/2066685
If the 5 b figure is correct, the damage that has been caused to the Armenian forces will cripple them for at least 15...
The changing ethnic map of Central Asia is reality. Russia is steadily losing ground in the middle of Asia while China is gaining the upper hand in this region. Turkey, too, is becoming more and more present in Central Asia. This all happens at the expense of Russian influence...
You sound like a hot blooded youngster who accesses the Internet for the first time in his life and is overwhelmed by the sheer amount of propaganda that he is experiencing. How old are you?
It's probably just a trick. If they ever get independence one day, they gonna unite with Pakistan the very next day - that's for sure. Kashmir's pro-Pakistan stance is not questioned by anyone who has a little knowledge of the conflict and the Kashmiri people.
My family lives in a rural region in Eastern Anatolia. Overall it's a safe region but in case of emergency like an accident, shooting, medical urgency we almost always call the jandarma first.
I want them to be fully equipped with everything our defense sector is offering.
Lately, the police...
The government is basically destroying the economy of scale advantages of big chains.
This is unacceptable especially in a highly competitive market like Turkey with no distinctive monopolist controlling trade.
It shows you how little our people and the government know about broader economic...