Iran will hit some empty buildings, which will be the extent of Iranian retaliation. There are probably negotiations and the US will let Iran put up a pre-agreed show to save face. The same thing happened when Trump was in charge. The US emptied some buildings in one of the local US bases and...
Iran will hit some empty buildings, which will be the extent of Iranian retaliation. There are probably negotiations and the US will let Iran put up a pre-agreed show to save face.
If AKP loses humiliatingly, the opposition will probably call for an early election.
Ballot Boxes opened and counted %11.92
Red is CHP candidate Mansur Yavaş
Yellow is AKP candidate Turgut Altınok
Mansur is wiping the floor with AKP.
It is too early to talk about anything but early election results show big AKP vote regression. It might be a humiliating defeat for AKP. For example, Mansur Yavaş is ~%30 ahead of the AKP candidate in Ankara but only %3.5 of the ballot boxes are opened yet.
New investments.
Photon Detector and Nanotechnology Facility Investment (new clean rooms to scale up production)
Radar System Integration and Production Automation Centre Investment (dark Factory investment to scale up radar production)
Defense System Technologies Production and Test Facility...
Aselsan expects a test campaign for 2 years but it really depends on whether Aselsan encounters any serious issues. Aselflir-500 tests went really smoothly and tests finished sooner than expected. This is also thanks to Baykar providing a lot of sorties. Aselsan wants to deliver the first radar...
MURAD was supposed to conduct its first flight on the F-16 in late Q2 (June 2024) so it is slightly ahead of the schedule but flying even before Akıncı is a surprise. BTW this is a real radar you can scan track targets etc. There were flights with dummy radars for mechanical integration tests.
Sub-Atmaca will have a smart capsule that has propulsion. The smart capsule is like an empty torpedo that can carry a missile to a pre-programmed destination. This way the submarine can stay under the thermocline layer and the missile surfaces a safe distance away from the submarine. Those two...
I expect both turbojet and turbofan versions of the Arat engine to be developed. The advanced prototype of the turbojet version will probably appear next year. We might see a mock-up or design picture this year.