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Interesting developments:

"The company that established the 155 mm artillery ammunition production line in the USA and the companies that will establish a light ammunition factory that I wrote about do not want their names to be disclosed to the public yet. Let me add one more thing. You will soon hear news about the Turkish company producing kamikaze drones in France, the Turkish company producing UGVs in the Czech Republic, and the purchase of one of the largest ammunition factories in Eastern Europe by the Turks."

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1758236327949021616
 
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The first pic and specs of the Turkish aircraft carrier concept:

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Ministry of National Defense: “With the decision taken upon the directive of our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to have a Domestic and National Aircraft Carrier, design activities were started by the Design Project Office of our Naval Forces Command.

In this context; In order to examine the National Aircraft carrier design on site, which was initiated by the Design Project Office Directorate and a significant progress was made on the concept design, on February 15, 2024, accompanied by the Commander of the Naval Forces, Admiral Ercüment Tatlıoğlu; President of Defense Industries Prof.Dr. Haluk Görgün, Rector of National Defense University Prof.Dr. Erhan Afyoncu, ASELSAN General Manager Ahmet Akyol, HAVELSAN General Manager Dr. Design Project Office Directorate was visited by Mehmet Akif Nacar, ROKETSAN General Manager Murat İkin and BAYKAR Technology Chairman of the Board Selçuk Bayraktar.

"During the visit, the National Aircraft carrier design activities, which were implemented with the high engineering-based superior design talent of the Design Project Office Directorate and the warship design tradition and experience crowned by our engineers with the design and manufacturing of the latest TCG Istanbul Frigate, were examined on-site."
 
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sequ said:
The first pic and specs of the Turkish aircraft carrier concept:

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Ministry of National Defense: “With the decision taken upon the directive of our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to have a Domestic and National Aircraft Carrier, design activities were started by the Design Project Office of our Naval Forces Command.

In this context; In order to examine the National Aircraft carrier design on site, which was initiated by the Design Project Office Directorate and a significant progress was made on the concept design, on February 15, 2024, accompanied by the Commander of the Naval Forces, Admiral Ercüment Tatlıoğlu; President of Defense Industries Prof.Dr. Haluk Görgün, Rector of National Defense University Prof.Dr. Erhan Afyoncu, ASELSAN General Manager Ahmet Akyol, HAVELSAN General Manager Dr. Design Project Office Directorate was visited by Mehmet Akif Nacar, ROKETSAN General Manager Murat İkin and BAYKAR Technology Chairman of the Board Selçuk Bayraktar.

"During the visit, the National Aircraft carrier design activities, which were implemented with the high engineering-based superior design talent of the Design Project Office Directorate and the warship design tradition and experience crowned by our engineers with the design and manufacturing of the latest TCG Istanbul Frigate, were examined on-site."
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Turkish Q.E. with single island

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sequ said:
The first pic and specs of the Turkish aircraft carrier concept:

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Ministry of National Defense: “With the decision taken upon the directive of our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to have a Domestic and National Aircraft Carrier, design activities were started by the Design Project Office of our Naval Forces Command.

In this context; In order to examine the National Aircraft carrier design on site, which was initiated by the Design Project Office Directorate and a significant progress was made on the concept design, on February 15, 2024, accompanied by the Commander of the Naval Forces, Admiral Ercüment Tatlıoğlu; President of Defense Industries Prof.Dr. Haluk Görgün, Rector of National Defense University Prof.Dr. Erhan Afyoncu, ASELSAN General Manager Ahmet Akyol, HAVELSAN General Manager Dr. Design Project Office Directorate was visited by Mehmet Akif Nacar, ROKETSAN General Manager Murat İkin and BAYKAR Technology Chairman of the Board Selçuk Bayraktar.

"During the visit, the National Aircraft carrier design activities, which were implemented with the high engineering-based superior design talent of the Design Project Office Directorate and the warship design tradition and experience crowned by our engineers with the design and manufacturing of the latest TCG Istanbul Frigate, were examined on-site."
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I don't think this carrier design can function properly with any other aircraft except F-35B. If they truly want to realize their carrier ambitions, they either have to change the design significantly or they have to try to get back to the F-35 program as a customer of the B variant.
 
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CasualObserver said:
I don't think this carrier design can function properly with any other aircraft except F-35B. If they truly want to realize their carrier ambitions, they either have to change the design significantly or they have to try to get back to the F-35 program as a customer of the B variant.
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By the time the carrier will be commissioned (late '30s), a carrier capable Hurjet and Kizilelma will be ready with a high chance of a dedicated carrier fighter being ready too.
 
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sequ said:
By the time the carrier will be commissioned (late '30s), a carrier capable Hurjet and Kizilelma will be ready with a high chance of a dedicated carrier fighter being ready too.
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Hurjet? Wouldn't the KAAN be making more sense onboard than Hurjet?

Given how we've seen the J-35 on Liaoning (meaning that the J-35 is STOBAR-capable), if KAAN can achieve a favorable T/W ratio, then it should be able to do the same.

Unless, with the Queen Elizabeth-like looks, will Turkiye get her ordered F-35B soon?
 
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ACuriousPLAFan said:
Hurjet? Wouldn't the KAAN be making more sense onboard than Hurjet?
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It does look like Kaan on the CGI but still, this thing will take a lot of time until commissioning.

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Unless, with the Queen Elizabeth-like looks, will Turkiye get her ordered F-35B soon?
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They never ordered F-35B. It was expected to be ordered because of the ski ramp on the Anadolu. Who knows what the future will hold.

If NATO wants a carrier+fighters in the Black Sea, it can only do so by NATO members in the black sea because of the Montreux agreement.
 
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It looks like the Indian Vikrant carrier. But it is larger at 60,000 tons. So in between Vikrant and Queen Elizabeth.
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Yeah, that's what I thought. The island is more like that of Vikrant while the ship itself is pretty much like Queeb Elizabeth.
 
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