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Turkey getting its F-35s depend on NDAA being fulfilled; putting a new F-35 order depends on congress; Turkey reentering JSF program as a partner depends on all the partners agreeing to it. Three very different things.

Engines are near done, protest period ends tomorrow. None at all. Giving only a handful aircraft to Turkey instead ensures they never become operational and are used as testbed for our own developments. If ^-35 transfer happens, it will be followed by a purchase of a total of 20-40 aircraft...

Lol, Israel would see a ban hammer of epic proportions that would make CAATSA look like a joke if that route were to be taken. There are no other IP owners in F-35. It's completely US owned. They are at best designed to spec even if they were built abroad, and most "Israeli" components are built...

Indeed. This was possibly the least bad outcome.

24 billion more than likely is not just systems purchases but also non recurring costs like new installations to build them etc. Aselsan is state owned; what Aselsan spends can easily be added as part of budgeting. But indeed, this very fast almost lightning speed procurement spree will continue.

First prototype is in air, 3rd on the ground, second is still missing.

Kızılelma S5 from today. Production is moving ahead.

Graham for years have been called a friend or an enemy of Turkey with intervals every 2 years. You can almost get a bearing on Turkish / American state establishment relations by Graham's comments.

"During the signing ceremony, Türkiye joined Finland, France, Poland, and Spain as participants in the Cooperative Airborne Early Warning Initiative. The initiative aims to enhance Allied airborne early warning capabilities through multinational cooperation in procurement, training, operations...

Unsure, probably Maritime Launch Services. It's a Canadian space launch company. These videos are from the "look Trump, we are spending money for NATO" campaign of Rutte. They bundle up any and all deals that are being signed in the past and future 2 months and show a big shiny number.

Give me a quote on that.

Your cope on F-35 is honestly at insane levels man. Leiter is a soft spoken historian, he's being diplomatic in tone. And tbh he's one of the few in Bibi's main circle that have been "middling" re Turkish relations. Netenyahu on the other hand repeated the same stuff he's been saying for a...

Majority of USD spent will be spent by countries on other countries. But surely we'll hear some big ones for us as well.

Gezgin is subsonic.

Salihreis MLU probably started a few months later, november-december. She had an MRO first for 1-2 months.

No, it hasn't.

Great shots of Oruçreis in New York for the US' 250th birthday fleet review.

Still no sign of Vuran Sungur 5 years later.

Just saw Evren Mercan quote this cover of Navy Magazine issue 570 from 1997. Headline reads "Towards the Open Seas". It's always been clear that navy staff envisioned a true blue water navy. Give them budget and political backing, and they will want carriers and more power projection...