Well 300 is a heavy projectile, it's not optimized for range. In fact it's mostly for subsonic use with suppressors, but it does have supersonic rounds that are ok for some range. Inaccurate to compare it to rounds that are optimized for range
Fighters are already required to patrol and pilots need to fulfill certain flight hours, part of why army is sustainable ( they ensure funds are not reallocated at times of peace by keeping a certain level of readiness and keeping expenditure relatively high) so instead of more training flight...
Hypersonic used to mean hypersonic cruise missile or glide vehicle, not ballistic because ballistics were indeed hypersonic in some sense. İt's sustained maneuverable hypersonic air breathing missiles and hybrids that became a big deal few years back. İt could be that the warhead can be air...
You are missing something crucial. Turkey has the only large Nato or Us allied navy without integration to a system like AEGIS / PAAMS / APAR. We are part of nato but not exactly part of a large and deeply integrated international network for stopping ballistic missiles and air defense which...
They could have done it the first time if they really wanted, they just want whoever is there to play ball and be a good little puppet. So if threatening the existing one and leaving them defenseless doesnt work they just put the final nail in coffin and place new one
I thought F22 was a nightmare to update and has lacked significant improvement and updates until very recently due to both complexity and cost including F35 style helmet and such