I'm not saying what should happen. I'm saying what will happen. Turkey won't go for nukes before Iran reaches missile quality nukes. I don't have any idea on a possible Turkish program. Also don't know if there are guarantees by others or anything. Just that if need be they will spend %10 of GDP in a year to get them, any way possible. We don't do preventative maintenance lol.
And I'm saying, in my opinion, its wrong. :/
My brother in Allah, we can't even clear Tal Rıfat from terrorists. Our economy is not closed off and is fully dependent on imports and exports. Turkey literally going rogue with a nuclear program is one way to lose at least 50% of your economy in a year. We can't afford to go nuclear before a clear present danger is in front of us that we can show others that we need it as well to exist as a state. Think of it like a casus belli.
There are ways around those things you mentioned, but I shant be muddying this thread any longer. DM me if you'd like.
Why is Anka not famous as tb2 ? Although it is better in terms of payload and range
It is a lot more expensive and not a dispensable asset. Anka played a crucial role in the Syria campaign enabling TB2 to operate.
TB2 is compact and easier for ground handling while Anka is large and cumbersome for handling which matters for quick turnaround. Also Anka needs a ground radar for landing while TB2 doesn't afaik.
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What about the subsystems? Radar, EOTS, I am not sure they are ready.Selçuk Bayraktar'dan KIZILELMA-A için seri üretim açıklaması
Baykar Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı Selçuk Bayraktar, KIZILELMA-A İnsansız Savaş Uçağı için seri üretim çalışmalarının başladığını açıkladı.
Baykar Chairman of the Board Selçuk Bayraktar announced that the mass production work for the KIZILELMA-A Unmanned Fighter Aircraft has begun.
regarding the supersonic version of Turkey's first unmanned fighter aircraft Bayraktar KIZILELMA Selçuk Bayraktar:
“We are also designing that variant in the coming years. Development activities continue, but we are currently preparing the first variant, the non-supersonic variant, which we call KIZILELMA-A, for mass production.”
Selçuk Bayraktar'dan KIZILELMA-A için seri üretim açıklaması
Baykar Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı Selçuk Bayraktar, KIZILELMA-A İnsansız Savaş Uçağı için seri üretim çalışmalarının başladığını açıkladı.
Baykar Chairman of the Board Selçuk Bayraktar announced that the mass production work for the KIZILELMA-A Unmanned Fighter Aircraft has begun.
regarding the supersonic version of Turkey's first unmanned fighter aircraft Bayraktar KIZILELMA Selçuk Bayraktar:
“We are also designing that variant in the coming years. Development activities continue, but we are currently preparing the first variant, the non-supersonic variant, which we call KIZILELMA-A, for mass production.”
Military procurement and planning is a difficult process. Moreso for us. We can't only think if a platform looks good we buy a 100 right now. We have to consider maintainability and availability, current capabilities and how it will hold up in future in 10 years, how will it be modernized etc. We have very tight budgets so we have to be very selective. It is also important not to buy one of everything like some airforces do, you need infrastructure for each platform you buy and personnel trained specifically for it. Buying one of a single platform gives you advantages in commonality: our pilots can be certain they will have spare parts and technicians for F16 in any air base they land. If you had one squadron of Rafale another one of eurofighter on another base and f15 on one that sounds cool but you are actually wasting a lot of resources buying redundant stuff. For each of those you have different munitions, different simulators, different trainers. It's similar for all complicated platforms. I think Anka 3 with its full stealth design will be more suitable for our needs as well and more futureproof, though I also think it would be cool to have a good number of KE. I imagine Navy would appreciate the capability more.
You need to provide some source for these two claims because there is no way in hell Anka-3, a flying wing drone, would be cheaper than KE. And Tusas does not have another drone suitable for the task, nor they look like they are going to have another in the near future.
We have seen it take off and land,thats it.Selçuk Bayraktar'dan KIZILELMA-A için seri üretim açıklaması
Baykar Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı Selçuk Bayraktar, KIZILELMA-A İnsansız Savaş Uçağı için seri üretim çalışmalarının başladığını açıkladı.
Baykar Chairman of the Board Selçuk Bayraktar announced that the mass production work for the KIZILELMA-A Unmanned Fighter Aircraft has begun.
regarding the supersonic version of Turkey's first unmanned fighter aircraft Bayraktar KIZILELMA Selçuk Bayraktar:
“We are also designing that variant in the coming years. Development activities continue, but we are currently preparing the first variant, the non-supersonic variant, which we call KIZILELMA-A, for mass production.”
It is the work toward mass production that is starting. The first Kızılelma to join the air force will probably be ready in a year so. In recent news we know that American companies could make a new manned fighter in less than 3 years. So it is not unexpected to see Kızılelma progress rapidly as a remote controlled unmanned fighter.
