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3.5 billion for 250 tanks.

Both Ukraine and Russia lost a huge amount of tanks because anti-tank weapons are deadly but that doesn't mean tanks are obsolete. The infantry still needs armored fire support on the battlefield. When you take unexpectedly high losses on the battlefield into account, armed forces have to deploy...

3 I class frigates will be delivered in 36 months.

TAF plans to upgrade around 600 M60A3 tanks. 600 is not a definite number TAF might settle for a lower amount. 170 M-60TM 600 M-60 TIYK 280 Leo2A4 TIYK 1050 modern tanks and probably 250 Altays will be the armored might of land forces. The upgrade decision came after the evaluation of the...

This is bullshit. Probably funded by some shady NGO.

Istif ESM/ECM suite consists of ARES-2NV2/E and AREAS-2NC/E /E stands for extended frequency range. The frequency range of the basic configuration is 2-18 GHz. /E version is up to 0.5-40 GHz ERP (effective radiated power) of basic configuration is 80 dBm. /E version is classified...

There are reports of a new discovery at the Amasra-2 well.

The Turkiye factory of Miilux doesn't have enough capacity to cover all of the Turkish needs and we need an export license to buy from the Miilux factory in Finland. Turkiye is a huge armored vehicle producer.

Because everybody knows Turkiye will come up with an engine sooner or later. Every western jet engine producer works with TEI, and knows its capabilities. They know what TEI can do and can't do precisely. SSB won't accept any license production offer even if export rights are guaranteed.

Quran burning incident is the last straw that broke the camel's back. The real problem is Swedish support for terrorism. There are PKK-run bank accounts, PKK recruitment centers, and armed PKK terrorist residing in Sweden, Sweden became a safe haven for Gulenist who fired on Turkish people on...

It might be. It remains to be seen we know very little about TR-UK defense deals.

LooooooL there is no way a TF-35000 prototype to appear in 2024. Are you guys out of your mind? The end of 2026 is presented as a best-case scenario for the first ignition. This puts availability in 2030 at best.

It can be done with outside help. If the US really wants to push it to another level it can donate 3 billion to Greece annually to be spent on American weapons.

It is interesting that according to rumors we are buying T3A, not T4. IMHO it is a good decision. We should buy 40-48 EF-2000 T3A and second-hand T1s from the UK and upgrade T1s. We should buy ECRS radar rather than Captor-E AESA. We should be able to integrate our own weapons into Turkish...

The main logic is to get 4 ships for a scrap price of 100 million and upgrade them extensively. If you throw 70-100 million $ for each ship Turkish industry can change nearly every subsystem of the ship with a national equivalent. It will become something like an Atak chopper. The total price...

Tranche 1s without a radar upgrade are only good for training purposes. I think Tranche 1s should be upgraded with Özgür suite and either Murad or ECRS radar. It is time to switch to AESA radars.

Flag burning is wrong. We have a tradition of respecting flags. We should respect our own traditions. We don't need to lower ourselves to their level.

C-130J is a no-brainer. Our C-130 Erciyes modernization line is open. They will make an immediate impact on our military airlift capability and can be modernized to Erciyes configuration one by one. They are young planes and have a lot of flight hours left.

Don't be discouraged by the Asfat name. İstanbul Military Shipyard Command will build the TF-2000. All military factories and shipyards come together under the Asfat name. Asfat is an umbrella organization. As always İstanbul Tersanesi Komutanlığı will run the show for the first ship of its...

I agree. Even though Type 23s are good ships we should build more I class and subsidize our defense industry even though it will be more expensive in the short run. The type 23 deal is very unlikely. I class has a better combat capability with Cenk-S AESA, Siper and 16x Atmaca but it has half...