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There is for sure 'kill switches' on this dmflying computer , but what i am thinking is , Since Turkiye is top tech country and developing steath aircraft itself , What if remove f35 computers and softwares and replace them with Turkish ones ?? Is this possible ?
F35 should be disabled to every small parts , controlled and asebled again with Turkiah systems and computers , Other its junk aircraft that will work only agaist Iran and Russia and agaist noone else but we have good relations with both of them , We are opponent with israel & grecce which this aircraft will not work agaist them ....
We should buy 40 F-35s instead of 40 F-16s if possible.
I agree. The current US is not a reliable ally. Almost all of its allies, except Israel, do not trust it. Imagine that today Trump, a friend of Erdogan, allows the delivery of F35 to Turkey. And then Trump is followed by someone who is not a friend of Erdogan and refuses to deliver spare parts. What to do then?It's a dead end now, Turkiye should not even want it anymore.
US is totally unreliable now
I agree. The current US is not a reliable ally. Almost all of its allies, except Israel, do not trust it. Imagine that today Trump, a friend of Erdogan, allows the delivery of F35 to Turkey. And then Trump is followed by someone who is not a friend of Erdogan and refuses to deliver spare parts. What to do then?
As I stated in my post just above yours, F-35's in low numbers do not risk our security. Instead, it is a strategic weapon in good days (with US) and no problem for bad days because it is not the main force. And don't forget it won't make a shit for them to use kill-switch or spare part network against us when we have Kaan's. It is a good time friend for us that we have benefits but who we can delete when they decide it's not benefitial for them anymore (talking about F-35's not the US itself).
It is a good aircraft, that is not the problem.
The problem is the US control. What if the US turns it unusable at a time we are at war?
The enemy would not even have to take any effort to cope with your air force.
Now some of you would say, why would our "ally" US do such. What if the enemy is Israel? (just a hypothetic question)
It is never wise to put your fate into the hands of others, even if it is an ally
Exactly this. If we can get it and have enough software code to integrate our missiles then we won't have to buy missiles and armaments for another 2-3 billion usdAfter all that’s been said and done, we must also remember that this is mainly a political gesture not to alienate ourselves and take a confrontational stance against St. Citrus![]()
Honestly, I haven meant the tech side of it but have meant more as a political move which wouldn‘t put Turkey in a position against US when Europe is turning anti-US and pushing Turkey forward as the “major military power of Europe“!Exactly this. If we can get it and have enough software code to integrate our missiles then we won't have to buy missiles and armaments for another 2-3 billion usd
Firstly wasn’t trakya scrapped in favour of mugem secondly for f35C you need a catapult system and I’m not sure if they would sell it to us.If Turkey should come back into the F-35 program and buy F-35 for whatever reason.
Then F-35B and F-35C for the aircraft carriers, for all other purposes it is useless as TAI KAAN replaces the F-35A.
10x F-35B
15x F-35C
TCG Anadolu 5x F-35B, 5x Kizilelma, 3x Anka 3, 10x TB3, 3x Helicopter
TCG Trakiya 5x F-35B, 5x Kizilelma, 3x Anka 3, 10x TB3, 3x Helicopter
Mugem 15x F-35C, 15x Kizilelma, 9x Anka 3, 20x TB3, 6x Helicopter
F-35 brings unmatched capability. Kaan for example isn't planned to have the same level of sensor fusion F-35 has.
How much do we know about Kaan's sensor fusion and stealth capabilities?Secondly F35A would make sense for air force especially if we could integrate our own weapons for SEAD missions since the stealth would be better than kaans.
i would have S-400 break down into its leptons if they guaranteed F110s supply. Otherwise we have an expensive scrap metal we refer to as KAAN.
Or lock it up at İncirlik. I read somewhere someone suggesting it. Can’t remember who.Sell it to x country...
sell it to Azerbaijan then after getting f35s buy them back !