Turkey should worry more about their currency being worth less than toilet paper.
I’m a little shocked Turkey is not going for the Eurofighter, especially as BAE and the UK government are helping with their 5th Gen.
S-400 was a political deal, Ankara was upset at western allies, especially the U.S, after they pulled out patriot systems out of Turkey 1 week after we shot down a Russian jet. Short-sighted politicians gave up F-35s for S-400s because we almost got into a war with Russia with our allies not backing us up. The biggest benefit wasn’t even the F-35 itself, it was the economic and technology benefits. Every F-35 would have Turkish parts, and even the selected cruise missile of the F-35 was SOM-J developed by Turkey.
Sad part is, Turkey is developing its own air defence systems and a equivalent of S-400 will be in service by 2024 whereas Turkey’s 5th gen fighter will most likely be in service by 2030.
A greek, posting a pro greek article, from a greece sponsored site? 🤔 İnteresting
F16 will be turning 45 soon, even with modernisations, them’s some old planes now..
Also we are really overdue for a talk about what we do when one nato member threatens another. Think Turkey needs to wake up and realise they can’t play all sides forever
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Turkey should worry more about their currency being worth less than toilet paper.
I’m a little shocked Turkey is not going for the Eurofighter, especially as BAE and the UK government are helping with their 5th Gen.
S-400 was a political deal, Ankara was upset at western allies, especially the U.S, after they pulled out patriot systems out of Turkey 1 week after we shot down a Russian jet. Short-sighted politicians gave up F-35s for S-400s because we almost got into a war with Russia with our allies not backing us up. The biggest benefit wasn’t even the F-35 itself, it was the economic and technology benefits. Every F-35 would have Turkish parts, and even the selected cruise missile of the F-35 was SOM-J developed by Turkey.
Sad part is, Turkey is developing its own air defence systems and a equivalent of S-400 will be in service by 2024 whereas Turkey’s 5th gen fighter will most likely be in service by 2030.
A greek, posting a pro greek article, from a greece sponsored site? 🤔 İnteresting
F16 will be turning 45 soon, even with modernisations, them’s some old planes now..
Also we are really overdue for a talk about what we do when one nato member threatens another. Think Turkey needs to wake up and realise they can’t play all sides forever