Agree with Manomed. A 5th gen engine is no joke, even more for a company who doesn’t have experience developing this kind of engine. 2028 is an extremely optimistic year. 2030-2035 would be more realistic in my opinion, and that if everything goes well.
What I’m eagerly waiting is the Gökhan Ramjet Air to Air missile. This will be a real game changer regarding Air to Air combat (coupled with a powerful radar of course).
Okay, now supposing it was actually delivered to Baykar, wasn’t it more logical and faster to test it on an actual F-16 instead of a drone ? Assuming the modernization program is an absolute necessity ?
@Ryder
Erdogan doesn’t like Turks. For him Turkism is like Nazism. This is why he decided to bring millions of foreigners inside, to make a state with no identity. Basically reversing what Ataturk did.
I don’t really like it to be honest. Why the State doesn’t deploy it’s own soldiers ? It’s not like we are in a shortage of military manpower or something. What is happening ?
What is needed in Turkiye right now is a society without corruption and nepotism. These are the most important things for a country to prosper. We don’t need the death penalty, especially with a madman like Erdogan.