Yup. Funny thing is, Turkey even with its current economy can handle Viper, Özgür, F-35, EF2000 and Kaan together. And if the goal is to come to top, and survive the coming decades, we probably will need to. Both the firepower, and the relationships these purchases create.
Even during the heaviest embargo period in history, we have an air force that was able to maintain Delta Daggers, which were developed entirely to intercept Soviet nuclear bombers, with zero spare parts. In terms of sustainment, they were probably the F-35s of the period.
Now, our economy and industrial infrastructure are incomparably advanced. However, there is a very similar point with that period; both the imminent threats and the risk of our country directly facing a war are at the highest level. In such situations, the concern for comfort need to takes a back, because there is a concern for security.
It is necessary to maintain a state of mobilization to rapidly bring every aviation project that is ready for production or has been concretized to a certain extent into mass production in the country. On the other hand, I am in favor of buying whatever we can from abroad, I wrote a long post about this last week, but I later withdrew the post, thinking that it would not be appropriate to discuss some of the issues I touched upon between the lines in an open forum. As a result, there is also the possibility of instrumentalizing foreign procurement to shape foreign policy. But this requires a decisive and upright stance.
