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[MMM-E]

Strong set up but shame such limited numbers of all three, hopefully their will be follow on orders

120 new Fighter Jets ( F-16V , F-35A , Eurofighter ) are more than covers the gap in KAAN fleets until they enter the inventory with domestic engines as of 2035

-- 20 KAAN with American Engines as of 2029
-- 200 F-16s will be modernized with national AESA Radar and 180-200 km GOKBORA-GOKHAN ramjet powered air to air Missiles until 2030

-- also KIZILELMA unmanned stealth Fighter Jets
and ANKA-3 flying wing stealth UCAVs


TURAF can get 340 Fighter Jets with AESA Radar and 160-180-200 km AIM-120C8 , METEOR , GOKBORA , GOKHAN air to air Missiles until 2030

Turkiye has enough money, but we are suffering the whims of our NATO partners USA and Germany

 

[hyperman]

Turkiye big spender so rich,money falls from the sky.

Are you suggesting Turkish Airlines doesn't buy planes in large orders? Its a big company in aviation.

 

[hyperman]

Think Turkiye will go for the original 110 (100+10) order it wanted for F-35?

110 F-35 and 200 KAAN would make Turkiye Air Force the bad boy of Europe and Mid East

no chance, it would be a mistake to buy 110 F-35s, Turkey only needs a couple squadrons worth. The rest will be matched by domestic capacity.

 

[Foinikas]

Are you suggesting Turkish Airlines doesn't buy planes in large orders? Its a big company in aviation.

Νο,I'm not suggesting that.

 

[hyperman]

Νο,I'm not suggesting that.

So why such mocking comments about Turkish Airlines and its order of Boeing planes? @MMM-E suggested that the large order should be used as leverage in other negotiations, as the same order can be placed via Airbus otherwise, which is a reasonable assessment.

 

[Foinikas]

So why such mocking comments about Turkish Airlines and its order of Boeing planes? @MMM-E suggested that the large order should be used as leverage in other negotiations, as the same order can be placed via Airbus otherwise, which is a reasonable assessment.

Ah but it's not about Turkish Airlines at all. It's the usual MMM-E overcompensation for lack of specific length with the typical "Turkiye can/will have" that is supposed.

Greece buys just 20 F-35A from USA for $3.76 billion and no any problem

on the other hand , Turkiye plans the large scale purchase of Boeing Aircraft , 40 F-16V and F-35s for over $50 billion

TURAF can get 340 Fighter Jets with AESA Radar and 160-180-200 km AIM-120C8 , METEOR , GOKBORA , GOKHAN air to air Missiles until 2030

Turkey on the verge of bankruptcy just 2 years ago,right now we have big spending on bigger aircraft carrier,masses of F-35,F-16Vs,Eurofighter,loads of missiles and all that on top of the dozens of Turkish defence programs. Having MMM-E going around as if all that is peanuts,is amusing.

 

[hyperman]

Ah but it's not about Turkish Airlines at all. It's the usual MMM-E overcompensation for lack of specific length with the typical "Turkiye can/will have" that is supposed.


Turkey on the verge of bankruptcy just 2 years ago,right now we have big spending on bigger aircraft carrier,masses of F-35,F-16Vs,Eurofighter,loads of missiles and all that on top of the dozens of Turkish defence programs. Having MMM-E going around as if all that is peanuts,is amusing.

Well I guess we will see how it plays out.

I don't know where you got this bankruptcy stuff, Turkey doesn't have significant debt and nor does it have a stagnating economy. You confuse things like inflation with other structural issues, but its not accurate, Turkey is an expanding exporter and has one of the fastest growing economies in Europe, and that trend is set to continue..

 

[Foinikas]

Well I guess we will see how it plays out.

I don't know where you got this bankruptcy stuff, Turkey doesn't have significant debt and nor does it have a stagnating economy. You confuse things like inflation with other structural issues, but its not accurate, Turkey is an expanding exporter and has one of the fastest growing economies in Europe, and that trend is set to continue..

A couple of years ago though Turkey was in a very bad place. Inflation was crazy and foreign currency reserves largely depleted.

 

[Anatolia]

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waste of money.

 

[Ali_Baba]

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waste of money.

Given the current technological disparity to the IDF IAF, and the delivery of F-35s to Greece, I would say no it is not.

Local programmes need more time to mature and until then, the capability gap has to be addressed somehow. Personally I think more Typhoons would have been a better buy than F16Vs, but I suspect it has a lot to do with infrastructure, and current trained pilots, etc..

 

[Anatolia]

Local programmes need more time to mature and until then

I get it, I do. We need to have a stop-gap until then, but what are chances war breaks out between Greece and Turkiye?
I don't think anything happens with Israel too.

 

[Ali_Baba]

I get it, I do. We need to have a stop-gap until then, but what are chances war breaks out between Greece and Turkiye?
I don't think anything happens with Israel too.

Agree on Greece, but I am not sure about Israel, given the contest to control Syria right now.

Wars start when you least expect them, ask Iran about it.

 

[hyperman]

A couple of years ago though Turkey was in a very bad place. Inflation was crazy and foreign currency reserves largely depleted.

How is that bankruptcy? lol, Bankruptcy was what Greece did in 2008, when you guys almost destroyed the world. lol

 

[Foinikas]

when you guys almost destroyed the world. lol

lol how did we destroy the world lol?

lol?

 

[hyperman]

lol how did we destroy the world lol?

lol?