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19x pod is for helicopter use, it's not used with fixed wing aircraft; not in this century anyway. Cirit can probably be used in the standard 70mm launcher, but 20+ years have passed and we have only ever saw Cirit with its own launcher in 2x and 4x; that's it. I disagree on prop aircraft being...

Do correct me if I remember wrong but Cirit I believe is also based on the older FFAR; not Hydra-70. Regardless in its current form an F-16 can realistically only carry 8 Cirits at most without extensive modification. And we are low on fighters anyhow so this kind of duty should really be...

Turns out the guessers and spotters were indeed correct. An M-346FA and an Italian AF T-346 were in Turkey for the "K-Swarm" trials last month. Leonardo M-346 airplanes and Bayraktar KIZILELMA unmanned fighter aircraft have successfully performed a series of joint autonomous formation flights...

Two points. Cirit needs a bit more work for modification, although it is entirely doable. But unlike APKWS, Cirit is canistered; would require a different launcher design. Re the Cirit sales figure, I think that's from the 2013 sale. You should think about the inflation as well. USD lost like...

Well we currently we use F-16s with AIM-9s or even AIM-120s so..

We are also one of those 10, apparently by the wording. What a difference a year makes - after every eurofighter partner operator told me in 2025 that they had no plans to fit APKWS for counter-drone, BAESystemsAir tells JanesINTEL and others at Warton today that there is now strong interest...

They are. Ex-Akhisar new Roman was modified a bit, probably to allow hangar space for Romanian IAR-330 Puma. The added section is nicely visible below. Another notch on the flexibility of the design and the Turkish builders tbh.

Only direct benefit we offer is shorter lead times on munitions and drone tech. All the rest is stuff they can make themselves or buy from many other interested sellers. We simply do not have such a luxury to reject a business proposal.

So, nearly everyone in "the west" ?

He's being cryptic on purpose as nothing is official for now but I also think we will also see some fantastical MoUs before during and after the NATO summit. "The Germans have some very interesting requests from Turkey in the defense industry sector. They’re acting as if they weren’t the ones...

EU is not a unitary state, it's also not a state and its bodies make differing, clashing decisions all the time. Government itself is also very happy with this decompartmentalized relationship. Business is business and rest is just noise for the government.

There will be an Akar class replacement sooner or later. Hopefully we'll see two sisters to complement Derya after 2030s. Hopefully 1+ Derya and 1 more Durmuş.

Welp. If I didn't know better I'd say this is a textbook example of "throwing one under the bus"

A Filipino T129 in the ongoing Kamandag 10 exercises joined together by American and Japanese JTACs. https://www.dvidshub.net/image/9759092/us-marines-and-airmen-conduct-close-air-support-exercise-with-philippine-and-japanese-joint-terminal-air-controllers

Indonesia already got Trisula. Trident is the export version of Trisula; Trisula means Trident. Doesn't look that different. Czech trucks, "Czech" radars, Roketsan missiles.

No, Istifs carry 4x4 ASMs. It's one thing going for the design.

I love this second coming of Cirit honestly.

An Italian Samp-T will be deployed to Konya AFB under NATO defense. Surprisingly this is not the first time an Italian Samp-T was deployed to Turkey. I don't think there's much connection to the claimed Samp-T/Aster-30 buy of Turkey. Konya is a large base and is home to Nato E-3s.

Süper Şimşek is a LO drone and it was maneuvering for these tests. And all the personnell in the video that I can see is from the air force, not from companies.

What's the total orderbook for Aselsan now, I think you were listing them up?