Turkey Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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From an interview with an Ukrainian TB2 operator:
On one occasion a Russian S-300 missile complex detected his TB2 near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. “I saw the missile launch and explosion nearby and lost contact. We were upset because we thought we lost the drone.” A few hours later the TB2 made a miraculous return, performing an automatic landing at their airfield. “We saw he was completely punctured with holes but he made it,” Odessa said. “After this he was restored and did a lot more good work.”
In another instance a Russian warplane hit one of the drones with an air-to-air missile. It kept flying, but Odesa couldn’t understand the readings and had to abort the mission. Even so, the drone was able to return to base, albeit with enormous damage. “The quality of the drone is impressive. Almost all flight systems are duplicated, so the back-up systems can return it even with significant damage.”
This is an important point. A lot of so called ToT transfers are meaningless as they withhold key technologies. There's only been two instances where a country with jet engine manufacturing capabilities has willingly transferred their knowledge to other countries.
One was Nazi Germany after WW2. The other is Russia to China, and even that is contentious.
I think this is a mistake from Turkey. A country their size and with their enemies need to be developing their own engines. It'll take longer and will be much more expensive but it's the only way they'll be able to maintain their independent foreign policy.
What exactly is the mistake made by Turkiye?
Spending billions developing a new jet only to import the engines from America/Rolls Royce.
And that is exactly what they are trying to prevent or do you see it otherwise?
You go to war with Greece, say goodbye to any new engines.
LMAO that scenario is living rent-free in your head...
