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We should sell Hürkuş to the poor countries where they can use these platforms for Air to ground, hürkuş has some pristine AG capabilities, It can use lots of smart munitions like güdüm kitli MK84 etc.I am still not convinced of the mission profile as Hürküs C Fighter Aircraft.
As a Trainer this Aircraft makes perfect sense together with Hürjet.
But in contrast to the armed Hürkus, Hürjet in combination with drones can give a real impact against counter-terrorism, Pirates and Drug Cartels and Patrol flights in own Airspace.
These groups rarely have very sophisticated Air Defense Systems.
What they do have are very modern SHORAD manpads.
Hürküs C as a Combat Aircraft can only fly at medium/low altitudes at best and manpads can take the Aircraft apart precisely in this range.
Even as a third world Country Fighter it is no good as an armed Version.
I don't know what they were thinking developing something like this as manned armed fighter....
Tucanos were used just like this in great effect. Sometimes drones can't carry the heavier loads Hurkuş-C doesn't have that problem.