(this was probably criticized before)
that flir is situated in a very wrong place. it should have been situated so that it can look downward like in cobra.
large hovercrafts like zubr has the advantage of directly landing on the beach. but then again, how much of an advantage is this in contrast to amphibious assault ship and its landing crafts? debatable.
also, more variety in materiel mean less standardization. so, there is that.
but it looks...
i dont know how hovercrafts have been effective in modern warfare to land on beaches and have limited uses in not so many navies, do you think the turkish navy needs one (like the russian zubr class*)?
*: hellenic navy has 4 of those, afaik.
obama: netanyahu my man, go apologize to turkey for killing its own citizens. i'm gonna need both of you soon. i don't want any animosity between my allieds.
netanyahu: no problem mr. obama.
tayyip: oh yeah! let's celebrate! they apologized after 3 years and killed my citizens but it's...
the turkish state and the army does not know asymmetric warfare tactics or the army knows but they're not "let" to use it and intervened politically. i very well know that those 6000 terrorist will pop again if you fail to eliminate them all at once and cut their income and supply lines...
the turkish state has failed monumentally to deal with a terrorist group of max 6000 men.
it appears that they had abolished capital punishment just to feed a terrorist with 5-star luxury and to later release him.
well done, government(!)
what next i wonder.
or saddam's 4th largest army back in 1990. we saw what happened to that in the 1st gulf war...powder.
killing is a business and not everyone is cut out for it. definitely, quality beats quantity. not only today, also back in ottoman times.
in ottoman empire there was no conscription until...