Turkey Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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Interesting developments about the F-16 and F-35 acquisition. According to the MoD:
- Only 40 new F-16 are going to be bought. Initial payment of $1.4 billion has been made out of a total of $6.5-7 billion including munitions. No modernization kits will be bought as TAI will modernize the F-16 (Özgur).
- Americans had a change of thought after Kaan flew. They expressed they can deliver the F-35. Turkiye has resent the offer to buy. (Rumors says they want to buy 40 F-35's)
- Only 40 new F-16 are going to be bought. Initial payment of $1.4 billion has been made out of a total of $6.5-7 billion including munitions. No modernization kits will be bought as TAI will modernize the F-16 (Özgur).
- Americans had a change of thought after Kaan flew. They expressed they can deliver the F-35. Turkiye has resent the offer to buy. (Rumors says they want to buy 40 F-35's)
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Not a rumor but confirmed they want 40 F-35's as stated by the MoD himself. Negotiations with the US on the S-400 is still ongoing. It seems that the Turks do not back down as they believe they have the upper hand in the following ways: Kaan flies, 6 F-35's have officially been delivered but not received, down payment for these F-35's has been made and the S-400 doesn't operate in a continued fashion.
According to the MoD, the sites where they want the S-400 to operate from are ready with all the infrastructure in place to accommodate the S-400. From what I get is that the S-400 is a system that will only be given marching orders during heightened tensions and can be made ready to operate in 12 hours time.
But with a new US administration about to start, things can possibly go in various directions. Time will tell.
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Nothing, it'll continue as usual. Kaan was and is guaranteed to be developed with or without F-35.
The first glimpse of Akinci-XL with twin TP1400 engines? The radar looks relatively smaller than the one on Akinci. This XL variant seems to be 30-40% larger in length and width.
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Toygun seems to be in advanced stage of development:
can someone make out the stages it has?