why do you blame them? is there any Altay yet? no. if we get the contract is there suitable factory to build hundreds of them? no. how about supply chain, is it ready and working? no.
currently Altay is zero.
even I can make Altay if I win the bid. Defence Industry presidency(SSB) owns the tank's IP. SSB will share every technical aspects with BMC, they won't discover america again. Beside that BMC hired many Otokar engineers who worked for Altay's development.
what a coincidence! I am also working on shock-vibration anaylsis right now, can't say I m doing well. Seeing it in real life has reminded me one more time I don't want to do this job :undecided:
I think there is much more than ''changing players''. We are not in the radar of USA at least not yet. US defence minister Mattis said once ''(referring Turkey) we dont fulfill our ally's wishes''. he even offered to let SDF/YPG to fight PKK. That doesn't sound realistic at first but it may be...
Yes, this was my guess for paused construction. I don't have any other answer to explain 7 months pause. It can be seen in the photo, ship is in the same state for at least 7 months.
it looks like no works are done since 23 April. The ship is exactly in same state in Google Earth photo date 23/04/2018. Any guess?
let's make some speculation. Erdogan said Siper long range air defence missile will be ready in 2021. If we assume that Siper will be based on Aster-30 supported...
I listened press meeting Poroshenko said it was agreed by both sides not to comment on defence industry collaborations. That's why nor Erdogan neither Poroshenko commented on it. It is rumoured that US prevented Turkish-Ukrainian collaborations for space launch vehichle.