Türkiye restarts F-35 fighter jet negotiations with US while refusing to give up Russian S-400 missile system

[KingQamaR]

Qatar is a potential candidate too

 

[MMM-E]

Would it be fair to assume that kaan is still a long way away?

yes very long , only 3 years

TAI to deliver 20 KAAN with the GE-F110 Engines by 2029
and total of 80 GE F-110 Engines comes from the USA for 40 KAAN Fighter Jets


Turkiye joined the F-35 program in 2008 and launched the KAAN project in 2010

TURAF had made plans to acquire these two aircraft as well.

 

[mythbuster]

yes very long , only 3 years

TAI to deliver 20 KAAN with the GE-F110 Engines by 2029
and total of 80 GE F-110 Engines comes from the USA for 40 KAAN Fighter Jets


Turkiye joined the F-35 program in 2008 and launched the KAAN project in 2010

TURAF had made plans to acquire these two aircraft as well.

Wtf happened to your own jet engine program ? Everyone was very high on it.

 

[MMM-E]

Wtf happened to your own jet engine program ? Everyone was very high on it.

The domestic engine project has nothing to do with the F-35s
it has been a known fact since the very beginning of the project that the first KAAN jets will be delivered with American engines

The TF-35,000 indigenous engine project is progressing very well
the first ignition will take place in 2027 and it will start flying the KAAN with mass production beginning in 2032-2035 period

 

[Ali_Baba]

Handing over S400 will affect balance in the region we are not talking about Russian tanks being sold off here? It is also still unclear whether Russia will agree to the transfer of this system or not that’s because in many Russian arms export contracts transferring military equipment to a 3rd country won’t happen without Moscows consent more over if this equipment is sold to. Arab country UAE OR QATAR it supposedly be used against the Islamic Republic of Iran . And here Russia will have to choose whether it will side with Arab countries again or back Iran?

The most logical answer would have been to re-sell to Egypt, but given their alliances they are partaking in with Greece, that could be off the table?