I am thinking the discount given is so big the politicians go for that product. It’s history repeating itself. The French pick their own suppliers given any chance. But corrupt politicians are narrowminded as usual.
It’s slightly off topic, but has Turkey’s operations with UAV caused a change in how SK approaches armoured vehicles in general ?
If the weight of the tank is reduced to make space for autoloader isn’t it counterproductive to have autoloaders ?
Maybe the new unknown company is a foreign company that wants to sell their products in Turkey and thus started a new company in Turkey. Which means the product is already known and tested. It’s just being marketed under a new name and company.
perfect way to hoodwink Turkish public to think...
Is the SK tank lighter than Altay ? 65t is a lot. And my understanding of modern tanks are limited. With new doctrins being introduces. It makes me wonder if adding more armour is going to change anything.
I’d still want to find out why. Remember that if you are on the right side these things are easily solved. But if you are no longer in the ‘friend’ category it becomes much harder to solve the issue at hand.
US spying on Merkel etc. Or Australia scrapping French Subs, India getting S400 vs...
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/us-vows-to-prevent-any-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-169851
Is that why MOD HA says US presence in Dedeagac is meant to protect EU from Russia. Everyone can see that it’s a dual strategic move.
I. Demir: It’s unrealistic to achieve independence in all areas of defense industry as it’s not viable. What’s important is to gain independence in critical areas and retain that knowledge.
It is very unfortunate. But I'm glad that SK has tightened up security around military secrets.
It makes me wonder why and what gain Otokar would have from doing such a thing. Could the incident have resulted in Otokar not getting the Altay tender and why it went to BMC. We'll have to check the...