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WTF are you blabbering about troll?

Why Is Turkey In NATO?

The decision to allow Greece and Turkey into alliance stemmed largely from Cold War strategies against the Soviet Union. Greece and Turkey (both with firmly anti-Communist governments) were viewed by the West as bulwarks against Moscow and the spread of communism in Europe. Considering that the Korean War was on the horizon, fears of China and Russia expanding their influence into other parts of the world were realized. (Both Greece and Turkey contributed troops to fight in Korea).

“The main purpose for establishing NATO was to counter the threat of USSR / Communist expansion after World War II,” said Dr. Dilshod Achilov of the Department of Political Science, International Affairs And Public Administration East Tennessee State University. “The roots of accepting non-North Atlantic nations into NATO, mainly Greece and Turkey to begin with, lies at the heart of the Truman Doctrine -- extending military and economic aid to states vulnerable to Soviet threat / expansion.”
It's common knowledge. My previous points remain.

Being a NATO member doesn't mean much. Argentina invaded Falklands and nobody helped Britain. Britain had to take back Falklands by itself. Being in NATO doesn't mean other NATO members will act if you get attacked. They may or may not. It's up to them.


And besides, if USSR wanted to influence Turkey, USSR would not invade Turkey. That would not go well with the Turkish population. USSR would have instigated an internal coup in Turkey like what happened in Ukraine in 2013.
 
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This is worst than any contract clause.. this is the closest think to a real kill switch than ever imagined before.. this is the real thing..It is called ALIS among other specialised software systems found in the F-35..And guess what.. it is cloud based and controlled from the US .. this is dangerous to the extent that Italy and Norway (both NATO members) having asked for their own firewalls..and Australia has followed suite very recently..It is also an important part of the UAE and KSA negotiations for F-35 with the US..Even Usael has skipped the whole ALIS system.. and replaced it with its own tiny one that can link with The main one if there is a need to.. but for the rest of NATO and US allies like South Korea and Japan it is a requirement.. up till now anyway..

Here is more about the famous ALIS system/sofware

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/coul...ion-system-ever-devised.569930/#post-10668491
I wasnt aware about it ... Thx bro for sharing ...
 
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Turkish industry is able to upgrade US made F-16 fighters to latest generation standarts in terms of avionics, mission computer, IFF and self protection suits. In ths aspect, Discussing about likely downgraded variant F-35 fighters to Turkey While Turkish industry is also working as partner of this aircraft is nonsense. Downgraded variant may be possible for some gulf states but not possible for Turkey.

That and Arab states just suck with technology, hence why they hire Pakistani pilots.
 
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whats about european orders for f35.. does this bullying not affect others to buy?
 
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whats about european orders for f35.. does this bullying not affect others to buy?

Nope as Turkey is not the same as the other European nations.

Remember Turkey will never be allowed into the EU despite the fact that it's economy is much better than a lot of the countries that have already been allowed in.
 
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Being a NATO member doesn't mean much. Argentina invaded Falklands and nobody helped Britain. Britain had to take back Falklands by itself. Being in NATO doesn't mean other NATO members will act if you get attacked. They may or may not. It's up to them.


And besides, if USSR wanted to influence Turkey, USSR would not invade Turkey. That would not go well with the Turkish population. USSR would have instigated an internal coup in Turkey like what happened in Ukraine in 2013.



USA supplied UK with the new sidewinder-L that was crucial in helping the sea-harriers stop the Argentine airforce from decimating the Royal Navy.
Also France stopped all supplies of the deadly Exocet missile to the Argentines and so they simply run out of missiles to hit the UK Taskforce.
 
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Flying doesn't require deep technological expertise, it's just using a developed product. Flying is easy. Hence your argument is flawed and incorrect, once again hating on Arabs.

Flying so easy, even the local butcher can do it. Like in the 6 day war, where Arabs got trashed. I aint hating on Arabs, it's your past/current leaders that have transformed Arabs into a meme.
 
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USA supplied UK with the new sidewinder-L that was crucial in helping the sea-harriers stop the Argentine airforce from decimating the Royal Navy.
Also France stopped all supplies of the deadly Exocet missile to the Argentines and so they simply run out of missiles to hit the UK Taskforce.

Yup. A country that can't make military hardware shouldn't take on a super power like Britain. It was sheer stupidity on Argentina's part. Other than killing several hundred men on both sides, the Falklands war served no purpose whatsoever.
 
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WTF are you blabbering about troll?

Why Is Turkey In NATO?

The decision to allow Greece and Turkey into alliance stemmed largely from Cold War strategies against the Soviet Union. Greece and Turkey (both with firmly anti-Communist governments) were viewed by the West as bulwarks against Moscow and the spread of communism in Europe. Considering that the Korean War was on the horizon, fears of China and Russia expanding their influence into other parts of the world were realized. (Both Greece and Turkey contributed troops to fight in Korea).

“The main purpose for establishing NATO was to counter the threat of USSR / Communist expansion after World War II,” said Dr. Dilshod Achilov of the Department of Political Science, International Affairs And Public Administration East Tennessee State University. “The roots of accepting non-North Atlantic nations into NATO, mainly Greece and Turkey to begin with, lies at the heart of the Truman Doctrine -- extending military and economic aid to states vulnerable to Soviet threat / expansion.”
https://www.ibtimes.com/why-turkey-nato-704333

It's common knowledge. My previous points remain.
To be more specific, Turkey perefered to be neutral during and after WWII but Stalin was not satisfied with the regime of straits, in his opinion soviets should have full access and a military base in Istanbul, another stupid idea of him was that parts of eastern Turkey should become part of soviets again.
There was a realistic threat of a soviet invasion but Turkey was in no shape to fight off this threat so it perefered to become part of NATO instead of soviet union.
 
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To be more specific, Turkey perefered to be neutral during and after WWII but Stalin was not satisfied with the regime of straits, in his opinion soviets should have full access and a military base in Istanbul, another stupid idea of him was that parts of eastern Turkey should become part of soviets again.
There was a realistic threat of a soviet invasion but Turkey was in no shape to fight off this threat so it perefered to become part of NATO instead of soviet union.

In my personal experience Russians treat others far better than Americans treat others. Even if Russia has a base in Turkey, they won't mistreat Turks like Americans do. Americans threaten others if they don't obey Americans. Russians are friendly. Afghans loved Russians when they were stationed in Afghanistan to defend the Russia backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan against Islamist rebels.

Turks decided to have American bases and rely on Americans instead of having Russian bases and rely on Russians like Syrians do, then they might as well find out how bad Americans really are.
 
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Flying so easy, even the local butcher can do it. Like in the 6 day war, where Arabs got trashed. I aint hating on Arabs, it's your past/current leaders that have transformed Arabs into a meme.

Compared to whom?

If you are representing Turkey and bringing the case here that they are far superior militarily tell me which wars have shown that? It's easy to laugh at others in war whilst you're not in war.

As for flying it indeed is easy, every country, nationality, ethnicity can wield an air force and pilot a combat aircraft. It's just that pilot/fighter pilot has always been regarded as 'high status' thus we value it like we value doctors. It's the engineering that is difficult and only few are capable of that.
 
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That and Arab states just suck with technology, hence why they hire Pakistani pilots. Like in the 6 day war, where Arabs got trashed.

1967 hahaha. Let's see, that was what, over 50 years ago? lol Why don't you go back even further while you're at it? What happened 6 years later? Not only did the ARAB soldier redefine the modern era of ATGMs, but also redefined the precision, accuracy and potency of SAM systems. You say Combat Master? I'd say rather "nonobjective."
 
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Flying so easy, even the local butcher can do it. Like in the 6 day war, where Arabs got trashed. I aint hating on Arabs, it's your past/current leaders that have transformed Arabs into a meme.
In the 6 day war of 1967 there was no air combat.. most Arab warplanes were hit at the tarmac.. it was a surprise attack.. get your facts right. and google what has happened in 1973 Ramadan war.. where in just one air battle called Al Mansoura, Usrael lost around 50 aircrafts and in the war that has lasted about a month where more than 360 Usraeli jets were downed by Arab pilots and even some by Pakistani pilots..

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The fact is that Turkey has to take ALIS and be subjected to it as a kill switch or skip it and then get a downgraded (by NATO standard) F-35 ..The best thing that can happen to Turkey is to get permission for its own firewall..just like Italy, Norway and Australia are trying to do.. but it is not as easy as it might sound..the link with ALIS will still remain effective in the context of NATO..
 
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