We don't know as of yet. To think about it, perhaps they want a Plan B in case Plan A fails.
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This is quite bonkers, and I honestly don’t know how to feel about it.
On one hand, TR technically being able to develop an "ICBM" is actually somewhat plausible, given many years of work on indigenous SLVs (which, AFAWK, haven’t been launched in their ultimate versions yet aside from demonstrators) and their "stepping stones." However, the military has always been quite secretive about its BM efforts, so them being this transparent about an ICBM is quite uncharacteristic and does not serve Turkish geopolitical interests at all; if anything, it disserves them.
OTOH, we’re talking about the MoD R&D centre, and they do have a habit of making claims that stretch beyond their actual capabilities, such as the 42,000 lbf turbofan model they’re currently displaying at this fair. That is something they have no capability whatsoever to develop in-house, nor are they involved as a subcontractor in TEI’s TF35000 programme (TEI’s engine itself delivers 35,000 lbf wet).
Quite peculiar indeed…
They wrote the specs of that new alleged ICBM on the turbofan engine's placard lmfaooo
You cannot take their shit seriously
Its payload is 3000kg:
It's also capable of acting as a cruisemissile lmao:
With a minimum burnout speed of mach 9, I guess its minimum range is in the 1500km-2500km range
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Alright so they changed the placard
Specs are now:
It's basically a souped up F110. Airflow of 420lb/s is crazy high. F110-GE-132 caps at 275lb/s while having the same BPR. What is happening here?
Perhaps the thrust should be 32000 lbf and this engine is basically telling the US, "if you don't supply the F110 for Kaan, we'll do it ourselves".
Specs are now:
It's basically a souped up F110. Airflow of 420lb/s is crazy high. F110-GE-132 caps at 275lb/s while having the same BPR. What is happening here?
Perhaps the thrust should be 32000 lbf and this engine is basically telling the US, "if you don't supply the F110 for Kaan, we'll do it ourselves".
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This is a massive order. I wonder who the buyer is.
Likely, it's Ukraine
2/3 of the world's drones are produced in Turkey? Kinda hard to believe for me. Bearing in mind Russian and Ukrainian productions, I believe that not to be true. By the way, we have no idea how much china produces one way ttack drones. Even without counting FPV drones used in the war, I still don't believe that turkey produces 2/3 of the military drones in the world.