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Jeff Head

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Turkey Disappointed by Negative Iraqi Stance on Airstrikes on PKK Positions

Ankara is disappointed by Baghdad's reaction to the Turkish airstrikes against Kurds on the Iraqi territory.


ANKARA (Sputnik) — Ankara is disappointed by the negative reaction from Iraqi authorities to its campaign in northern Iraq against militants of the outlawed-in-Turkey Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the country’s Foreign Ministry said Friday.

Earlier this week, the Iraqi parliament called on the Turkish government to stop conducting airstrikes in its territory and warned that the continuation of the strikes could lead to a deterioration in bilateral relations.
Of course Iraq is not happy.

The Kurds in Iraq have been one of the places the Iraqis have seen strong fighting against ISIS and an ability to score some victories and retake ground. More so to this point, IMHO, than the regular Iraqi military.

The Kurds are putting pressure on ISS in Iraq...much needed pressure from the Iraqi perspective.

If Turkey destroys the Kurds in Iraq, ISIS will be stronger in Iraq and the Iraqis do not want that.

Turkey is interested in stopping the Kurds in Syria and Iraq...and is now using its military to make that happen in both countries. They have been forced to fight openly against ISIS...but are using that opportunity as an excuse to also go out very hard against all Kurd forces.

In Iraq, this is counterproductive to the fight against ISIS.

It's a very muddled and convoluted situation.
 

Scratch

Captain
Turkey will upgrade it's 25 oldest F-16. These are primarily structural meassures, as these aircraft begin to arrive at their 8.000 flight hours mark, which means the end of their projected service life.

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Turkey to Upgrade F-16 Block 30 Aircraft
By Burak Ege Bekdil 1:34 p.m. EDT August 10, 2015

ANKARA — Turkey's Air Force and procurement authorities approved a program to upgrade a batch of 25 F-16 Block 30 aircraft, officials here said.

The upgrade program for the oldest model of F-16 fighters is designed as a stop-gap solution until Turkey has built its own indigenous fighter jet or the initial deliveries under the multinational Joint Strike Fighter program have begun to arrive.

The Block 30 aircraft to be upgraded were delivered to the Turkish Air Force between 1988 and 1990. Most of the aircraft are about to complete their flight life of 8,000 hours.

The program is being administered by the procurement agency, the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM), will be planned by Tusas Turkish Aerospace Industries and carried out at an Air Force repair and maintenance center.

Officials say most of the upgrade work will involve structural and body improvements.

Turkey hopes its indigenous fighter will make its maiden flight in 2023.

Turkey also is a partner in the JSF consortium that builds the new-generation fighter F-35. Turkey plans to buy at least 100 F-35s.
 

Jeff Head

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Turkey will upgrade it's 25 oldest F-16. These are primarily structural meassures, as these aircraft begin to arrive at their 8.000 flight hours mark, which means the end of their projected service life.
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Hmmm, so they are upgrading the Block 30 aircraft.

I wonder to what Block upgrade are they going to bring them? Block 50? Block 60?

Or are they going to do a custom upgrade of some sort?
 

Scratch

Captain
Hmmm, so they are upgrading the Block 30 aircraft.

I wonder to what Block upgrade are they going to bring them? Block 50? Block 60?

Or are they going to do a custom upgrade of some sort?

Well, since the article sais it's primarily "structural and body improvements", and it's all ment as a stop gap meassure until indigineous fighter / F-35 arrive, I guess there will not be a proper avionics upgrade to a new block.
Probably "just" some years of service life extension.
 

asif iqbal

Lieutenant General
Hmmm, so they are upgrading the Block 30 aircraft.

I wonder to what Block upgrade are they going to bring them? Block 50? Block 60?

Or are they going to do a custom upgrade of some sort?

TAI upgraded it's block 40 and block 50 F-16s to the same standard as USAF CCIP

A total of 163 units were selected for the upgrade which has been completed

However Block 30 units were not selected for the CCIP which includes modifications to carriage to carry AIM 9X and APG 68 V9 radar as the Block 30 are the oldest units and refitting them was not deemed economical

So it seems this is just life extension upgrade and nothing to Block 50 or 60
 

Miragedriver

Brigadier
FNSS' BRAND NEW SABER-25 FIRING QUALIFICATION TESTS
2015.08.13 - News Categories : SABER-25

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FNSS’ Brand New SABER 25mm One Man Turret successfuly completes firing qualification tests on FNSS PARS 8x8 Infantry Fighting Vehicle.

SABER is a new generation one - man turret that can be deployed on wheeled and tracked armored vehicles and designed by taking the modern combat conditions and customer demands into consideration. The firepower of the turret consists of a 25mm automatic cannon and 7.62mm machine gun.

The design of the project has been started in November 2013 with the support of TUBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) and the qualification and the firing tests have been completed in June 2015 after realization of the prototype production.

The long range firing tests of the SABER Turret mounted on FNSS Pars 8 x 8 vehicle have been conducted on 22 - 26 June in the firing test field of the Ministry of Defense located in Konya Karapınar District. During the tests, static and moving firing is conducted to the targets located at a range of 600 m to 1500 m. The targets are hit with high hit rate and all tests are completed successfully.




Back to bottling my Grenache
 

Equation

Lieutenant General
Signs could be that Turkey is still favoring China's HQ-9 missile defense system.;)

The U.S. will pull out its Patriot missile defense units along the Turkish border with Syria as the two allies focus on ground threats from Islamic State fighters.

The U.S. had deployed two Patriot systems in 2013 to defend Turkey against a possible attack from the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The Patriot systems will return to the U.S. for upgrades after the current agreement expires in October, according to a joint statement by from the Turkish government and the U.S. embassy in Ankara.

The withdrawal reflects a shift in priorities. The U.S. and Turkey, one of its oldest if fraught alliances in the region, are focused on stopping the spread of jihadist militants in conflict-ridden Syria and Iraq. If needed, the U.S. missiles can return to Turkey within one week, according to a defense official who spoke on condition of anonymity.


After months of hesitation, Turkey agreed to let the U.S. use its Incirlik Air Base to launch air strikes against Islamic State forces in neighboring Syria, a move that reduces from hours to minutes the time needed to reach some targets.

Yet the working relationship is complicated by Turkey’s hostility toward Kurdish fighters, many of whom are American allies in ground battles against Islamic State. Turkey recently expanded its campaign to attack Kurdish PKK militants in northern Iraq.

The U.S. and Turkey are consulting on possible other steps bilaterally to reinforce Turkey’s security, the defense official said. The U.S. also will keep Aegis combat ships in the eastern Mediterranean that can assist with missile defense for Turkey, according to the joint statement.

The agreement comes as Turkey is considering whether to buy a missile defense system from China or from the U.S.

Turkey agreed in 2013 to buy a $3.4 billion missile defense system from China, but soon put off the deal amid pressure from NATO members. Since then, it has said it’s weighing alternatives to the HQ-9 surface-to-air missile system, including a U.S. Patriot system led by Raytheon Co. and another from French- Italian partnership Eurosam GIE.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in July that China provided the best offer for a missile defense system in Turkey and should “enrich” its bid. U.S. officials have told Turkey that a missile defense system from China couldn’t be integrated with NATO systems.
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