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TF-2000 Destroyer model, 8300Tons.

A bit unusual to have all the missile capability forward, but only one ciws - aft.

Gloire_bb said:

A bit unusual to have all the missile capability forward, but only one ciws - aft.

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I think I can see VLS cells amidships though. Or am I getting something wrong?

Virtup said:

I think I can see VLS cells amidships though. Or am I getting something wrong?

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You're right, i missed it. Though i primarily looked at unusual positioning of "RAM" and gun CIWS.

There is info going around that the Malaysian army commander has been arrested for corruption. Info on X states that Boran performed bad during Malaysian trials, showing poor accuracy/stabilization and even a cracked/exploded barrel. Army commander pressed ahead with the deal and is allegedly also responsible to make sure the airdefence requirements for short and medium range SAM were tailor fit for the Hisar-A and -O.

More will be known during the trial but so far it doesn't look good for the Turkish defence industry and especially not for the MKE (Makine and Kopyala Endustry).

EDIT: Some of the leaked documents of the anti-corruption probe



The Army commander in question arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Comission:

sequ said:

There is info going around that the Malaysian army commander has been arrested for corruption. Info on X states that Boran performed bad during Malaysian trials, showing poor accuracy/stabilization and even a cracked/exploded barrel. Army commander pressed ahead with the deal and is allegedly also responsible to make sure the airdefence requirements for short and medium range SAM were tailor fit for the Hisar-A and -O.

More will be known during the trial but so far it doesn't look good for the Turkish defence industry and especially not for the MKE (Makine and Kopyala Endustry).

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I normally love to trash MKE's Boran, a product that's been dragging on forever, but the more of this stuff I see, the more suspicious I'm getting. “The gun exploded” probably means the barrel split, but this is much more likely related to the quality of the ammunition that was fired. We're talking about a rifled barrel and ammunition with a bronze driving band here. When the propellant ignites and the projectile moves down the barrel, it crushes the bronze driving band, which then smears and behaves exactly like piston rings in an engine — basically acting as a pressure-sealing gasket. If the ammunition has a serious defect, the resulting extreme overpressure can cause the barrel to split. What else is the barrel supposed to do? That pressure has to vent somewhere. It's not going to blow the breech backward. Unless there's a metallurgical defect or a production tolerance error in the barrel itself, you really have to look at the ammunition. Now I'm suspicious. This gun has been fired like crazy in our own tests and in other people's tests without any such problems.

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We all enjoy shitting on MKE over the Boran for their overall project management performance, but given how dubious and lacking-in-detail this issue is, also your involving of Roketsan/Aselsan & the Hisar-series of IADS in this frankly shows how out-of-depth you are.

And this gun's been fired like crazy in our own tests as well as in other people's tests without any such problems. Whereas the posters on Twitter bring no technical details (or anything believable for that matter) to their arguments whatsoever.

Finally some proper work is done for FPV's in Turkiye. Skydagger reached 120000 annual production capacity:


"From electric motors to flight control computers, from FPV airframes to batteries, and from video communication systems to warheads, every component is domestic, national, and original."

CasualObserver said:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009652945441235335

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009990025954635935

We all enjoy shitting on MKE over the Boran for their overall project management performance, but given how dubious and lacking-in-detail this issue is, also your involving of Roketsan/Aselsan & the Hisar-series of IADS in this frankly shows how out-of-depth you are.

And this gun's been fired like crazy in our own tests as well as in other people's tests without any such problems. Whereas the posters on Twitter bring no technical details (or anything believable for that matter) to their arguments whatsoever.

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To add to this, It’s a system that can be transported quickly by a helicopter and fired rapidly; take a look at how many options there are on the market... (A hint: they’re all very similar to one another)

There may be shortcomings of the system. Problems can arise, they can be fixed, etc. -that’s a separate issue. But if you say things like "the barrel exploded", "you got it approved through bribery", or "it rears up and can’t shoot properly", then you need to speak with concrete evidence. You can’t just make things up based on some vague, sketchy document. And if the competing products are French, then you become twice as suspicious.

That Malaysian guy, or that guy whose origin isn’t even clear anymore, keeps tweeting nonstop, but there’s neither any evidence, nor conceise a document, nor a source. And to everyone who gave valid responses, he wrote "I don’t argue with Turkish bots." Well then, why should anyone take you seriously?

Another year, another bunch or R&D projects singed into existence by SSB:

- Image Positioning Methods Development (IKON)
- Reinforcement Learning-Based Route Tracking for Kamikaze Unmanned Surface Vehicles (KIDA-PORT) Project
- Development of Reinforcement Learning-Based Control System and Artificial Intelligence-Based Voice Control Feature for Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicles (CENGIZ) Project
- Digital Twin-Based Intelligent Attack Detection and Defense System (CYBER TWIN) Project
- Development of Artificial Intelligence-Based Algorithms for Network-Based Military Waveforms (AYAZ) Project
- Development of Communication Technologies in the Millimeter/Terahertz Band (MITHAT) Project
- Development of Adaptive Metasurfaces (MURAT) Project
- Development of Fourth-Generation Single Crystal Materials and Casting Processes (EMERALD) Project
- Aviation Engine Materials Development Program Phase-3 (DORUK) Project
- Development of Active System Remote Chemical Agent Detection Technology (RIVER) Project
- Development of MEMS-Based Biological Agent Detection System (SPRING) Project
- Fuel Development Using Additive Manufacturing Methods (FLAME) Project
- Development of Solid Fuel Maturing Agent (LAUREL) Project
- Quantum Technologies Development Platform Project

Some statements made by the CEO's of the various companies at the Talent Management Summit organized by SSB:

- Aselsan delivered 286,000 products to end users in the last year of which: 70,000 military radios, more than 5,000 electro-optics, more than 2,000 guided munitions, nearly 1,000 electronic warfare systems, nearly 500 radars and nearly 100 Iron Dome components.

- TAI is working on a 6th gen fighter jet (again a confirmation)

- Roketsan exported for more than $750 million last year, and together with revenue it increases by 50% compared to '24.