Tempest will have a demonstrator flight in 2027 and the first prototype will fly in 2035. Therefore, considering some delays it will enter service around 2045.
After the terrorist attack on Muslims in Paris, which killed 3 Kurds, PKK has taken to the streets of several major European cities and are currently clashing with law enforcement.
It is an odd moment, on one hand this was an attack on all Muslims and every Muslims should be on the street...
a few points.
1. This is an international forum with no verification. People could make all sorts of claims. He might have seen it, he might not have seen it.
2. Even if he has seen it, he hasn’t seen the final assembled product, because it is still under assembly. Therefore, he had no chance...
we will see in a few weeks/months. I don’t want to enter detailed discussion now. However, strongest argument is that this a dubious source and TAI does not communicate in this way.
The source. TAI usually communicate via their own channels. The surface is not smooth unlike all other shapes wings. Stealth has been sacrificed for manoeuvrability, which doesn’t make sense for a deep strike bomber. Intake is placed too far in the front again sacrificing stealth. Engine outlet...
Are we sure about this is the design. I mean it is hella ugly with a lot of uneven spots. Also makes no sense to show it with bombs under its wings, that is just ridiculous for a winged shaped stealth platform…
Some tests are also done with Aksungur etc.
I just think that Akinci is a more flexible platform and Baykar being a private company without a lot of beaurcracy allows for shorter time between planning and execution.
Brother, this bomb has more than 200kg of explosives. It has an armour destruction radius of 11 meters and a fragment radius of 145 meters. It destroys everything within dozens of meters.
Yes. The official communication from a Taliban says a temporary ban not a permanent one (which media of course fails to mention).
In the Taliban, the older leaders are very conservative while the younger leaders are less conservative. There is an internal struggle. The less conservative leaders...