I think F16 to KAAN comparison of numbers is a bit apples to oranges. KAAN will be very expensive to operate, but it is also much larger and capable. It is better to think of it as a different class of plane. I heard about the 100~ KAAN iofficial ntention before as well. Remember we are also...
That's also the reason a lot of our equipment is capped at ranges like 280km.
Khan(280km) is the export version of Bora, Som J is also limited to 275km
Asked a few metallurgist friends, they are not impressed by it, the thickness of boron based coating for metal foam, for aerospace but could have good uses if it really can withstand such high temps elsewhere.
https://www.iha.com.tr/malatya-haberleri/lazer-silahlarina-karsi-hava-araclarini-koruyacak-kompozit-madde-gelistirildi-94011405 some slightly more credible source
Yes, not every single research has useful output at the end of the day, but that's not the point, you gotta build a body of research, and you never know when something may end up being useful, if this isn't applicable for UAV, it may find an entirely other industrial use
They are also designed for quad pack, so eventually when quad pack hissar arrives, even if it takes like 5 years or so, these ships will be serving long years so they will be quite well balanced, in time
Bit off-topic but I sure do hope cooperation on defense industry is only the start of much closer relationship between Turkey and Algeria. I have discovered some stuff dating back to 1800s about invasion of France and treatment of local populace, like forcibly divorcing Turkish and Algerian...
Also need to consider future, more advanced threats in the ocean. Having more vls would give room for future developments of defensive armaments, like patriot pac 3 mse being adapted to MK41
Not a good time to be skimping on VLS cells. Our ongoing TF2000 destroyer design of similar size was updated to 96 from 64 VLS after the observations of Red Sea situation