The Turks were not outnumbered at Viena, it was the other way around .
I think the Ottomans were overstretched already. Even if they would have taken Viena they would have lost it very soon just like they lost Hungary.
I find it to be one ugly ship....That being said, I respect Italy's seriosity in maintaining a capable navy and their approach....instead of loosing time in endless tenders (see the UK, Germany etc),they just go to Fincantieri and say....I want this, on this budget! Et voila!
I am aware that Greece was under a military junta and Cyprus had a coup d'etat which brought a right wing faction in power.I am also aware that the island was rife with ethnic violence...on both sides.Still, I don't think that reunification with Greece would have brought a Turkish genocide, not...
First of all the island should have had the option of Enosis if they wanted so,if we judge by democratic standards. I doubt we would have witnessed a genocide in the 70s if the island would have joined Greece. We can't talk about unification now, not when a quarter of the northern part of the...
But they're not. I'll concede that regarding the Greece/ Turkey EEZ the last map you showed is completely rejectable from a Turkish point of view but, for me, the Cyprus affair is alot simpler. We are talking about a UN recognised state whose rights are being trampled here.
You can't talk about...
Sry...I missed your last part.EU is n
Sry,I missed the last part of your post and especially the last map.As I've said, I have no real clue about the 6/12 miles dispute and, being honest, it seems out of place to bottleneck Turkey like that just because Greece owns a massive island chain in the...
https://www.financialmirror.com/2019/09/04/energy-turkish-cypriots-offered-gas-share-if-turkey-recognises-cyprus-eez/
I'm not talking about EU rights but international ones.The US has acknowledged Cyprus has the right to that gas to. What laws? There are a few conspiracy theories but no one in...
This is not about France. Like it or not Cyprus, or S Cyprus, is the only internationally recognised entity and,furthermore, is a EU member state.France isn't acting alone but has the full backing of the rest of the EU.
As far as I'm aware Greek Cyprus has pledged to hoard the gas money in a...
You're trying to suggest that France should be scared although it has been producing by herself the kind of missile pictured in here for about 50 years now?....while Turkey is testing the first prototypes now?:-)
Yes, I think the Italians are considering the CAMM ER,which has a longer range than the CAMM but a sylver vls can only take 2 missiles of the ER variant not 4 like the CAMM.I think the Italians ran into financing difficulties regarding the project....