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Do we really need to discuss this in a defence forum?

https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2015/09/23/france-says-egypt-to-buy-mistral-warships/ Egypt was gifted 2 Mistral class LPDs originally destined for Russia - the financing was done by Saudi Arabia.

Don't be disappointed - we should be very glad that he is "only" as smart as he is; because a clever man would have been able to read the international situation better and he could have, potentially, caused Turkey many more problems than he already has. I think that he is a small-minded man...

With respect brother -- this sounds a little bit off-topic.

Yes; I think the development time will be significantly shorter. Apart from the problems with Turkey developing engines, I do not think that Turkey has any problems with components, subsystems and design concepts -- whereas their biggest problem seems to be making a decision and keeping to it.

On 30.10.2017, an additional contract with a total price of USD 58.900.000, - USD was signed between ASELSAN and the Undersecretariat of Defense Industry under the "TSK Multi-Band Digital Joint Radio Transmission Agreement". Hand radios will be developed and produced in order to meet the...

20mm Ammunition is lighter.....and they must have thought it was sufficient for purpose - i.e to be used against terrorist PKK.

It talks about how the YPG/PYD has been re-invented into the SDF, to try and hide the fact that they are really just PKK.

Turkey hopes to produce an air-supremacy stealth fighter but it doesn't need to be as large as an F-22. It needs to be "capable" and "indigenously" produced. The F-22 has still not been matched by any of the established aircraft producers in the world. Let's not forget that even the USA is...

I believe that the TFX will be along the lines of a Eurofighter Typhoon in terms of size.... and approaching an F-22 in performance and capability. Of course, this is all guess work at the moment.

You do realise that the F-22 is a huge aircraft and weighs twice as much as a F-16..... ......Thrust/weight is the important factor here.

Don't forget that TFX will probably be twin-engined

@TheCamelGuy With respect; when Baghdad was effectively being ruled by the Kurds - (Jalal Talabani was president) - and Turkey was having problems with PKK infiltration through the porous Turkey-Iraq border, the central Government were not very sympathetic. They effectively pushed the Turks...

I think India and China are leading the way with Thorium reactor designs - they also have large thorium deposits.

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Is there a problem with Aselsan's AKKOR (Aktif Koruma Sistemi)??

@TheBlackCoat No, they wouldn't ; if they were to get independence, they would be left outside of the EU. The EU has consistently warned the Scots and Catalans, that if they were to gain independence that they would have to re-apply to join the EU - of course, with the added problem of having...

I posted this in powerpack thread too - I'm not sure where it is most relevant Does anyone know if this arms embargo by Austria will affect the technical progress of the indigenous tank engine for the ALTAY? Tümosan:1500hp diesel engine+transmission project: Tumosan- AVL tech partner...

Does anyone know if this arms embargo by Austria will affect the technical progress of the indigenous tank engine for the ALTAY? Tümosan:1500hp diesel engine+transmission project: Tumosan- AVL tech partner...

With respect; I think that the United States were probably going to use this Observer status to keep an eye on their competition.