Drone is the cheapest per hour intermediate platform, which can deliver the missiles to the launch point. Simple as that.
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Mr Kotil:
- "We have been developing engine for 2 years. We will integrate it to KAAN in 2028. It will take a few years for qualification. The engine will have ceramic technology but F110 does not. It will be a very powerful engine. There is also Kale group on the TEI axis"
- "Building a fighter jet engine is accepted to take 10 years under today's peace conditions. However, during the US-Soviet cold war period, this period was 5 years. You don't sleep, you do it, it is possible."
- "(Hurjet) We will attach the ASELSAN radar that can see 100-200 km. Its nose is made according to it, so it will be the same as the F-16 radar. We will place our missiles on it."
- "According to our 2028 plan, we (TUSAS) will work with 10,000 engineers and 10,000 technicians. We will reach a turnover of 10 billion dollars. 2 billion dollars of this is aircraft structural, 2 billion dollars is sales to Turkey, the remaining 6 billion dollars is exports.
- "We have been developing engine for 2 years. We will integrate it to KAAN in 2028. It will take a few years for qualification. The engine will have ceramic technology but F110 does not. It will be a very powerful engine. There is also Kale group on the TEI axis"
- "Building a fighter jet engine is accepted to take 10 years under today's peace conditions. However, during the US-Soviet cold war period, this period was 5 years. You don't sleep, you do it, it is possible."
- "(Hurjet) We will attach the ASELSAN radar that can see 100-200 km. Its nose is made according to it, so it will be the same as the F-16 radar. We will place our missiles on it."
- "According to our 2028 plan, we (TUSAS) will work with 10,000 engineers and 10,000 technicians. We will reach a turnover of 10 billion dollars. 2 billion dollars of this is aircraft structural, 2 billion dollars is sales to Turkey, the remaining 6 billion dollars is exports.
To extend the useful range of the missile in a cost effective way. Practically speaking; taking off from Dalaman or Isparta; moving south of crete or crypus while keeping clear of air defences and interceptors of rhodos, crete or crypus to be able to strike shipping in mediterranean. Or to be able to hit ships coming out of suez canal. The goal is to be able to isolate crypus in case of greeks decide to do something idiotic there.
I wonder what he means by "ceramic technology" there? Is he referring to ceramic thermal barrier coatings or does he mean CMC engine parts?
Most likely TBC as its already been used in the TS1400 and CMCs are still at uni research level in Turkiye. Later iterations of the engine with feature CMCs for sure.
Note, I calculated this without making the the leading and trailing edges of the two wings cross each other but used the 'parallel' method. Otherwise I estimate the wing area to be ~78m2 (with a minimum of 75 and max 80).
EDIT: it is 78m2 when letting the leading and trailing edges of the wings cross each other.
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