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F-16 saga continues. According to Bloomberg LM wants to see extra money to open another production line and upgrades to MC. The Turks want to integrate their own Radars and avionics in the B70.



Imagine a B70 with CFTs and Murad radar with Gokhan/Gokbora integtration. That would be a B70+

 

[siegecrossbow]

It's not Toy Gun
It's a Turkish male name, albeit rare. It comes from the archaic Turkic root

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(or töy) which means assembly or council (often for military or state decision-making). “-gun” is a suffix meaning a person related to something, so toygun means a

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, usually a high ranking, of a high council.
In some Turkic dialects it can also mean a

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, and also a general name for birds of prey (toygun/

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)

They should’ve gone with Tuygun. The other spelling is confusing.

 

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They should’ve gone with Tuygun. The other spelling is confusing.

"A true TVRK does not care about how others see his glorious words. It is for he and he alone to enjoy reaching into ancient times for linguistic inspiration"

 

[CasualObserver]

They should’ve gone with Tuygun. The other spelling is confusing.

Toygun is the modern version, and it rolls off the tongue easier.

Turkish military industrial nomenclature is dangerously close to being as confusing and terrible as Iran's already.

There's almost always a case of two completely irrelevant products/projects having the same name.

It's even confusing to the people who dedicate a significant portion of their days to tracking these kinds of matters.

At least, even if already too late, the industry has started to notice this problem and the electronics giant Aselsan has started to combine its typical nomenclature with coding; e.g. Toygun-100/200/300, Aselflir family, MURAD-100A/110A/600A, FEWS F-16/Kaan, FULMAR 200-A/500-A, etc., there's tons of examples of this within Aselsan's huge product family now.

 

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Footage of unidentified missile most likely from DeltaV but resembles a SAM:

 

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Footage of unidentified missile most likely from DeltaV but resembles a SAM:

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TurDef also thinks it's a SAM:

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Kizilelma PT-3 performing maneuvers:

 

[wuguanhui]

Sell it to Pakistan. Add a small jump in front and paint it to look like a cockpit and fly it near the Indian border, then wait Indian pilots to eject themselves before giving breathless accounts on how brave IAF pilots heroically fought against hordes of Pakistani J-20s.

 

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Sell it to Pakistan. Add a small jump in front and paint it to look like a cockpit and fly it near the Indian border, then wait Indian pilots to eject themselves before giving breathless accounts on how brave IAF pilots heroically fought against hordes of Pakistani J-20s.

We all laugh about it but deep down we know that would be a realistic outcome...

 

[CasualObserver]

We’ve never seen the government restrict Baykar’s sales prospects (except for that deal with Serbia), so this remains a strong possibility given Pakistan’s longstanding brotherly relations with Turkey.

Moreover, according to Baykar’s CTO a year ago, several customers were already lined up to procure the Kızılelma as soon as it becomes available.

The only issue (but a big one) regarding supply lies with Baykar’s stock of Ukrainian engines, which I suspect are reserved exclusively for Turkey’s immediate aircraft needs.

While certification for unmanned aircraft is generally less demanding than for manned platforms, the earliest projected production date for the TF6000/TF10000 is 2028. Therefore, as mentioned the existing (underpowered) Ukrainian engines are most likely being prioritized for Turkey’s own near-term requirements.