EF and Rafale are relevant anf effective against 4.5 - 4th gen fighters and Su57, sure. But not J20 or J35 etc. Plus Algeria is getting Su57 and Pakistan is getting FC31(j35?)... so the competition is definitely starting to increase.
Funny enough the country that would benefit most from KAAN in eu could be France. Being probably the largest force in EU its the one that wont have a stealth fighter for next 15 years. Also spain could be, but they will need F35B at some point I think.
Russian F35 would be a sight to behold. Russia - US alliance against china, we are living in video game chaos world at this point. Is this the end of civilization I wonder?
Ok but what if next article is "US refuses to supply parts to Norway's F35 fleet"? Would be funny if european F35 user nations suddenly bought rafales or eurofighter
Maybe because F16 are all owned by military, but akinci prototypes are privately owned. Baykar is advertising products jointly with aselsan, why would army advertise its foreign bought inventory?
Jets like F16 will be always useful, lower cost, simpler to maintain and higher operational availability. Which countries along our southern / eastern border are likely to get capabilities that will threaten our f16s in next 20 years? And if they do how long will they last before our stealth...
GCAP partners like Italy and UK are partners in F35 program, and UK especially was significantly involved and they operate it. So they definitely have experience towards it. UK is the only Tier 1 partner with significant input to stealth and avionics.
Maybe there is room for more flat hierarchies at least within certain divisions to better manage newer generations? Or there may be room for more automatization
Think it as a flying NASAMS, it can surely intercept basic drones and cruise missiles, as we are seeing the importance of that in ukraine. That way fighters and other systems can focus on different threats. A flying system is especially more effective against low flying targets.
