TR Air-Force TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

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I guess it depends a bit on what Pakistan deem as good relations. Would they view it as betrayal if were to build good relations with India?
No,the only way pakistan would feel betrayed is if our government changes its position on kashmier.

What if China demanded them to do something that goes directly against our interests and threatened them with economic sanctions if they didn't comply?
No chance of that ever happening since pakistan is the only country able to help them against india in case of a war between China and india.
 

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Yes, but I dont see how they can finance it.

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Sorry for posting a meme here, but it really explains it, we will find a way to give Kaans to Pakistan and it's a good thing.
 
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Any reason why Kaan should be built in Pakistan, rather than be supplied from Turkiye? I read here and there of a plant being planned for Pakistan.
 

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Any reason why Kaan should be built in Pakistan, rather than be supplied from Turkiye? I read here and there of a plant being planned for Pakistan.
Pakistan is one of the closest allies of Turkey and i suspect they do this so Pakistan also gets some know how and also expand/scale the production of Kaan, i doubt that critical componenets will be produced in Pakistan, think it like giving some work to ally countries in F35 meanwhile holding the critical electrical component for domestic production like scenario.
 

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While Chinas 6 gen super triagle steath aircraft with 3 engines doing flights every week , why the fack Kaan cant ? Whats going on ?
Is Kaan project a fiasco ?
I'll leave the detail to others who are better informed. In short, the aircraft that flew a year ago was not originally intended for flight. Later this year the next prototype should be completed.
 

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Apart from that, we must honestly recognize that we are not the USA & China who invest between 300-900 billion USD per year for defense forces and projects and juggle these funds like peanuts.
With what we have 45-50 billion USD a year + 10-20 billion USD from the SSB special fund, Turkey has really developed different weapon systems in a resource-saving way and has various projects going on, both in aviation, navy and ground.
 

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Apart from that, we must honestly recognize that we are not the USA & China who invest between 300-900 billion USD per year for defense forces and projects and juggle these funds like peanuts.
With what we have 45-50 billion USD a year + 10-20 billion USD from the SSB special fund, Turkey has really developed different weapon systems in a resource-saving way and has various projects going on, both in aviation, navy and ground.
Money is not the issue (F. Aksit).
 

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Money is not the issue (F. Aksit).
Money is always a factor, it's just nothing meaningful babble from F. Aksit, otherwise the titanium bottleneck would have been taken care of long ago.
Instead, there were significant delays from various suppliers from South East Asia & Co, partly due to poor quality of the material, but nothing that could not be solved with money provided you want to pay an very outrageous price.
 

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Money is not the issue (F. Aksit).
Money is always a factor, it's just nothing meaningful babble from F. Aksit, otherwise the titanium bottleneck would have been taken care of long ago.
Instead, there were significant delays from various suppliers from South East Asia & Co, partly due to poor quality of the material, but nothing that could not be solved with money provided you want to pay an very outrageous price.
Let's not take it out of context what F.Aksit has said in the midst of a conversation. He was answering a direct question about overall timeline of the TF6000 manufacturing process.
Point he was making had a lot to do with the fact that these engines have to go through numerous tests as part of their maturing process and no amount of money injection can speed up the process.
As far as he was concerned , the engine development was getting on according to the programme set for it.
He was quite open when the first prototype had an embargoed item that delayed initial firing by 6 months whilst we were indigenizing it.
 

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President Erdoğan (2030): "Our national combat aircraft KAAN will enter mass production. With Steel Dome, we will integrate our air defense systems into a single network"
In such a difficult situation that Erdoğan has been in for a week, she can promise that a starship can be produced in Türkiye as early as 2031. Of course, under her leadership ;)
 

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