US Dollar's losing its "#1 reserve currency" status poses an existential threat to the United States. They may be inclined towards not allowing it. Chine will probably also have to catch up to the US militarily first.
I'm not saying that the US would declare war on China. But they're masters...
I'm not sure the US can just "cancel" a range of US Dollars just because they're held by China, which is said to be over $3 TRILLION. This is a fiat currency we're talking about with nothing tangible to back it up (e.g. no gold, silver, diamonds, oil, etc.) If the US pulls something like that...
Altay was designed based on direct input and requirements of the Turkish Land Forces Command. Changing the chassis would significantly affect those requirements and likely bring along difficult (expensive) engineering problems to make the turret compatible with it.
Mete Yarar talking about Turkey's nuclear weapons. Some very good analyses. Summary for non-Turkish spakers: Turkey needs to join the nuclear club even if it has to pay a high price for it.
US is actively trying to destroy Turkey by supporting PKK/YPG and FETO. Why would they sell the SM-2 to us? They didn't even want to sell the Patriots until AFTER we signed a deal with the Russians for S-400.
Bilader senin kadar narinini gormedim. Kefale bu kadar kizmis olamazsin. Ne oldu? Terk mi edildin? Giydigin elbise sisman mi gosteriyor? Nedir sorun? :D
Tamam hadi kefali geri aldim.
Palamutsun o zaman. Yok yok. Hamsisin sen hamsi. Bir karadenizlilik sezinliyorum sende. Hemsehri cikabiliriz.
And? Is that supposed to mean he's always right or something? What kind of a "patriot" would write articles for an anti-Turkish newspaper? Even Turkish Air Force GENERALS (for example the below cocksucker) can be traitors, so your pointing this mo-fo's "former SF officer" status really means...
Daha ne yapacakti kro Turk? Once falakaya cekip sonra da assin mi? Herife bak. :D
@-SINAN-
Kim? @what mi degerli uyeymis?
Puahhahaha! Iyi, parayi altindan, hisse senedinden cekip ona yatirayim bari.
Yoksa kendi kendini mi "degerli uye" ilan ettin len -sinan-ay yavrum -sinanay?
Ona daha da...
Excellent point. The word (or contract) of an American means absolutely NOTHING.
Okay, I completely agree with this, I think we're actually saying the exact same thing. I'm simply against buying any more fighters or any other expensive items from the USA until we develop our own systems. We...
Okay, but we cannot become economically independent or militarily self-sufficient by continuing to give most of our hard-earned money to rich US defense corporations. Developing our own indigenous systems is the way to go, no matter what the political costs may be. Otherwise we'll never break...
Maybe, maybe not. Even though I believe in our own indigenous weapons, I certainly wouldn't rule out such partnerships with these rising powers. It all depends on the nature of the project, what Turkey gains from such a partnership, geopolitics at the time, stance of global powers toward Turkey...
Relax. What's the worst the US can do? Not sell us any more F-16s? FINE BY ME. In fact that's kind of the point. Turkey is DONE with the US. If they want to sanction us and push us even closer with Russia and China, that'd be a strategic mistake but it's their choice. They know they won't...