TuranKhan
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How it affects your GDP ?
1. You don't have to research for Fifth gen. aircrafts, you can simply buy. So you saved years and money there.
2. NATO gives you security cover, that helps in controlling defense expenditure. Look at Iran, US and Israel has already threatened to attack, they HAVE to spend more on military, i.e. more % of GDP on defense. You can afford it, they can't but they have to.
3. Ever heard of Soviet Russia disintegration due to Cold War race with US on technological front and weapons which led to their weakening of economy.
4. US PAC-3 cover will give you protection against enemy missiles. Now to overwhelm that, the opposition has to build fire more missiles. So you are indirectly affecting the enemy. So its an added benefit. Hope you know it.
4. As for Should, Woulda, Coulda, if yo had Oil, you would have been progressing real fast, if you had US and others as your enemy, you should think that too.
See mate, I have no problem with your country. I respect Ataturk and his leadership which created a progressive Muslim nation but I also respect Iran because of other reasons too.
You really need to read and understand what you said better yourself.
Patriot is not ours its temporary until Syria situation is over. We buy our own ones with our own money.
You said would of could of etc its the same thing on the opposite side.
Being a NATO member means also more responsibilities and certain criteria, it restricts your ability to a limit to buy things other than European or US.
We make around 55% of our national needs in defence, which includes small patrol ships to corvettes to light destroyer soon. Same in land platforms from APC to Tank to large trucks etc. In air we made our helicopter with cooperation based on Italian design and make put Turkish systems missiles etc Male UAVs etc
Today the only things we can't make or bought are submarines ( we have project for own submarine) , jet fighter ( we have project for it).
And these things mentioned are very hard things that only couple nations produced.