Their job is patrolling the blue land in 7/24 basis, not force projection against rival navies. The other warships will do that and OPVs will free their duties to do what they intended to do. Our OPVs are built but not fitted to be heavy armed.
The General Electric F404-powered trainer (Hurjet) already has secured 12 orders from the Turkish Air Force as T-38 Talon replacements, with deliveries beginning in 2025.
https://aviationweek.com/shownews/farnborough-airshow/turkish-aerospace-eyes-march-2023-hurjet-tf-x-milestones
Feasibility Studies Started for Domestic AWACS
Work has started for domestic AWACS production. According to the information obtained by Virtualsavunma.com, feasibility studies have started for the domestic production of AWACS, namely Havadan Erken İkaz ve Kontrol (HIK) Aircraft, which the Air...