TR Turkiye's F-35 Project and Discussions

[Angry Turk !!!]

You think S.A. will accept a downgraded F-35?

Probably not but you never know...

And I doubt that israel would love that these saudis have F35.

 

[nick.f76]

So,the Saudis get the F-35 but Türkiye a NATO ally has been refused?
This means the GCC countries will all sign the Abraham Accords which in turn means they become close allies of Israel.
Which also means that since Iran is finished the focus will be on Türkiye.
Wonder how president Erdogan will react to this(no reaction at all).

The Saudis will not use them to fly 100 meters above the heads of Greeks right above Greek islands claiming the islands belong to Saudi Arabia.

 

[Costin1984]

The AIM 260 BVR missile is not approved for export for anyone.

 

[TR_123456]

The AIM 260 BVR missile is not approved for export for anyone.

You think the Israelis dont have it yet?

 

[Pokemonte13]

There’s not going to be a downgraded F35 the only thing Saudi F35 will miss compared to Israeli F35 is the Israeli EW suite (which only Israel has for its own jets) and the access to the source Code which only the US and Israel have. But it basically be the same jet the Americans and the rest use. Overall effectiveness of these high tech weapons drops significantly when they are used by these Arab nations simply because they lack the quality in personnel. There is not going to be a software limitation LM is happy enough that there are no (more) problems with it.

 

[Pokemonte13]

I just wish that we could get like 20-40 of these to know what we are up against when it comes down to a fight as most of the electronics would be the same. We could test our own radars etc to develop counter strategies and techniques.

 

[Yasar_TR]

Yes, the plane will be the same as a US plane. But they won’t be able to integrate any munition they want. They probably won’t come with EW suites and long range munitions.
Just like Egyptian F16s, they will be the same plane , but without AMRAAMs.
That is why Egypt is buying Chinese planes to have long range PL15s.

Instead of long range a2a missiles like aim 160 or aim260 if they are restricted to aim 120, what good are they?

 

[Ryder]

There’s not going to be a downgraded F35 the only thing Saudi F35 will miss compared to Israeli F35 is the Israeli EW suite (which only Israel has for its own jets) and the access to the source Code which only the US and Israel have. But it basically be the same jet the Americans and the rest use. Overall effectiveness of these high tech weapons drops significantly when they are used by these Arab nations simply because they lack the quality in personnel. There is not going to be a software limitation LM is happy enough that there are no (more) problems with it.

This is why Arab armies will never be effective?

You know why because they dont build their own stuff and pay inflated prices for weapon systems from the USA and Europe not to mention the factors from training, maintence, strategies and tactics.

You can never be a effective fighting unless you build your own stuff.

 

[BalkanTurk90]

Still Turkiye wants F35 ! Thats crazy !
How many times is proved that F35 works only in hands pf US & İsrael !
We should stop every defence agreement with US even marine engines and everything else , modernise ourselfs our f16 and if Kaan is not ready , buy more eurofighter like 150 or 200 of them
İ aslo suggest to buy China J10c aircraft and equip it the jandarma (airforce) since is not part of Airforce NATO umbrella and our allies cant raise voice agaist us .
150 j10c with turkish sub-systems + 70 eurofighter + 240 f16 will be a force noone can dare to come closse . But stupid Turkish politicians are sleeping while israel bombed T4 airbase with Turks there + , they send 16+ aircfrats around idlib (our border) as show of force and we could do NOTHİNG , whats next ! İ bet israel can boöb aselsan, TAİ, MKE etc and we cant do nothing because of politicians decide since 2010 go with israeli f35 shit and talks after talks like unmature teens .
Our nation is in grave national danger and alot of us are unaware of it .

 

[Pokemonte13]

Still Turkiye wants F35 ! Thats crazy !
How many times is proved that F35 works only in hands pf US & İsrael !
We should stop every defence agreement with US even marine engines and everything else , modernise ourselfs our f16 and if Kaan is not ready , buy more eurofighter like 150 or 200 of them
İ aslo suggest to buy China J10c aircraft and equip it the jandarma (airforce) since is not part of Airforce NATO umbrella and our alliens cant rise voice agaist us .
150 j10c with turkish sub-systems + 70 eurofighter + 240 f16 will be a force noone can dare to come closse . But stupid Turkish politicians are sleeping while israel bombed T4 airbase with Turks there + , they send 16+ aircfrats around idlib (our border) as show of force and we could do NOTHİNG , whats next ! İ bet israel can boöb aselsan, TAİ, MKE etc and we cant do nothing because of politicians decide since 2010 go with israeli f35 shit and talks after talks like unmature teens .
Our nation is in grave national danger and alot of us are unaware of it .

what are you talking about? everything you said doesn't make sense

 

[BalkanTurk90]

what are you talking about? everything you said doesn't make sense

what for example ?
-Did i lie for something ?
-Didnt israel bomb T4 base and syria !
-Didnt they say turkiye will never be in south of syria or will be bombed ?
-Didnt they finance and arms 100k + terrorists of ypg-pkk taking under control of 20+% of syrian land with most oil wells and infront of our backyard?
( Which of those is nonsense,tell me ?)
Nonsense is what US & israel doing bombing everybody killing kids for their projects and border change for kurdistan amd bigger israel

 

[TheInsider]

There is a rumor going on that the US will lift CAATSA sanctions.

 

[Oublious]

There is a rumor going on that the US will lift CAATSA sanctions.

Thats news is for a month spreqd over the internet, but bot real strong source.

 

[YusufKnight]

Possessing the F-35 allows for the collection of critical data, including its sensors, radar cross section, infrared signature, and the properties of its Radar Absorbent Material (RAM) coating. It also enables testing against indigenous radar and infrared sensor systems to assess operational performance, even if the aircraft’s capabilities are somewhat reduced compared to the Israeli variant.

 

[Slayer]

Still Turkiye wants F35 ! Thats crazy !
How many times is proved that F35 works only in hands pf US & İsrael !
We should stop every defence agreement with US even marine engines and everything else , modernise ourselfs our f16 and if Kaan is not ready , buy more eurofighter like 150 or 200 of them
İ aslo suggest to buy China J10c aircraft and equip it the jandarma (airforce) since is not part of Airforce NATO umbrella and our allies cant raise voice agaist us .
150 j10c with turkish sub-systems + 70 eurofighter + 240 f16 will be a force noone can dare to come closse . But stupid Turkish politicians are sleeping while israel bombed T4 airbase with Turks there + , they send 16+ aircfrats around idlib (our border) as show of force and we could do NOTHİNG , whats next ! İ bet israel can boöb aselsan, TAİ, MKE etc and we cant do nothing because of politicians decide since 2010 go with israeli f35 shit and talks after talks like unmature teens .
Our nation is in grave national danger and alot of us are unaware of it .

Agree.

We should stay away from the F-35 from the simple reason that this flying iPad with missiles is 100% in control of USA. Thus selling the plane to the Saudis is no biggie. If they (Saudis) misbehave, the us can just activate the kill switch. It's naive to think it doesn't have such a feature.

 

[Huelague]

There is a rumor going on that the US will lift CAATSA sanctions.

Who is/are able to do this?

 

[Yasar_TR]

Agree.

We should stay away from the F-35 from the simple reason that this flying iPad with missiles is 100% in control of USA. Thus selling the plane to the Saudis is no biggie. If they (Saudis) misbehave, the us can just activate the kill switch. It's naive to think it doesn't have such a feature.

That flying iPad as you call it, is a masterpiece and technologically the most developed fighter aircraft currently in use. As per @YusufKnight ‘s post just above, even if you have a slightly downgraded version of this plane you will still get so much technical information that it will open your horizons when fighting against airforces that already use it as well as help you develop technologies without much guesswork.
That advantage alone is worth having them in spite of any possible downsides the plane comes with.

These planes don’t need to have a kill switch. They need continuous supply of very high tech spares (not like F14 or F5 need). They can not be operated if you don’t have specifically integrated US made munitions in hand.
So only thing US needs to do is stop shipping parts. Then you have very expensive museum pieces in your inventory that you can only watch and admire.

Buying these in excess of 100 pieces would have been the stupid thing to do. But a squadron or maximum 2 will be the right thing to do though. Especially when we have KAAN coming along in the pipeline.

 

[Zafer]

Kill switch is if you are lucky, if the plane receives "kill order" it can attack you becoming assassins, fleets of enemy planes inside your defenses.

 

[uçuyorum]

There is likely no such immediate kill switch but it's also not necessary to install one because if you are cut off from global network and logistics of it the thing will only fly for a few months

 

[Zafer]

There is likely no such immediate kill switch but it's also not necessary to install one because if you are cut off from global network and logistics of it the thing will only fly for a few months

When pagers are bombs fighters are only more of it