Forcing Ukraine to yield to some demands of Russians directly means leaving "Western" values at bay whenever very countries "defending" the same values got into trouble due to the responsibilities arising from their daring words.

If that is all Turkey wants, to be left to conduct operations against the PKK whilst minimising civilian casualties and allowing humanitarian aid then fair enough. The problem is, these countries do not view PYD (Syrian branch of PKK) as related organization to PKK. PKK in Turkey, PJAK in Iran, PYD...

Only thing Turkey asks is : leave PKK related organizations (like SDF) to me and let me continue my operations in Iraq/Syria. That is all. Confederate Kurdish seperatism is what countries with sizeable Kurdish population hate. Unless they fail. (i.e. Iraq/Syria) Westerners who do not understand how ...

Remarkable, TB2 hits Russian Mi-8 upon troop disembark.

Probably this is the first real combat air-to-air score of a UAV in history(?). I guess so.

leonard wrote: ↑07 May 2022, 21:09 Incredible footage of the bombardment of Snake Island by two Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 Flanker

Very good move for a country which has "no airbases left" and "all of its aircraft been destroyed".

The TB-2 is the AK-47, but I would like to see it perform against a country that has a competent AA net. :lol: Thought Russia with its invincible s300/400 that nothing could get past was the tier 1 threat only the super pricey, highest of tech could deal with? Which other enemy’s left? We were told...

And don't forget you have to defend yourself against the other guy trying to do the same to you. UAS like the TB-2 are going to be selling like hot cakes for the next decade or so. TB-2 is the first of its kind, in terms of doctrine and philosophy. Unlike US, 1990s Turkey did not have endless resou...

Good luck to US and UK to build a formidable front in Eastern Europe with hesitant continental Europeans and without Turkey.

Why these Germans cant produce their own aircraft? Even Turkey dares to design and build one.

Come on. It is a shame on Luftwaffe that neither Marine nor Heer have Arleigh's or M1A2s.

They should use Me-something.

https://youtu.be/tuUFpWUK22o Turkish Navy test fires first serial production Anti Ship Missile (AshM) Atmaca. Atmaca AShM was under development since 2009, and finally entered into serial production in 2021. It is widely considered as Harpoon Block 2+ equivalent, with 250 kilometers range and exten...

Turkish military receives new Anka-S UAV configuration TIA's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Anka on display during Teknofest at Istanbul Airport, Turkey, Sept. 20, 2018. (AFP Photo) BY DAILY SABAHJUN 07, 2021 1:02 PM The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) recently added the next-generation Anka unmanned aeri...

Interesting; what is the nature of the munition carried? Anti-tank, I presume, but what kind. Separately, I still remember the days when Anka (the drone) was going as well as Emus are flying and Israel was called in, to save the day. Would not happen today, but the industry is progressing in leaps ...

Polish Defence Minister announces his country will purchase 24 Bayraktar TB2 UAVs with 4 control stations from Turkey. Agreement includes munitions. https://twitter.com/MON_GOV_PL/status/1395992622347530240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1395992622347530240%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5E...

I am not sure if EU wants even EU to exist at all

But can Erdogan wait to see how things pan out of will he try to push things along and possibly make the whole situation worse. The race for natural Gas and oil is already dragging countries like Italy, Greece, Egypt and Israeli into competition in a very small piece of Sea and all are rapidly incr...

When Kemalists are gone, Erdogan had Gülenists at his crosshairs. Because he could not let them run the country. Because Erdogan wanted a strong Turkey leading pan-Turkic, pan-Islamic world. Every revolution eats its children. And (in his mind) rebuilding the Sultanate is clearly the Big idea - bet...

Warning: Rant! It's really sad seeing Turkey going into a Willkommen bei Gboard! Texte, die Sie kopieren, werden hier gespeichert. like this. It's been building up for a while now so it's not a surprise, but damn, do the reaalllyyyy need to get rid of Erdogan! He's totally on that Powertrip now, he...

PKK and YPG (Syrian PKK) are actually the same organization. They strongly deny this and the non Kurdish fighter who joined the YPG to fight ISIS also state this. https://youtu.be/C-CocsaTfAE Ok, you may not believe me since I am Turkish. But an American senator and MoD may change your mind. Or, ma...

https://tr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendek_operasyonlar%C4%B1 This is a Turkish Wikipedia link to one of the most extreme violence from PKK, unleashed in 2015. Unfortunately there is no English language page but surely you can use translation. At that time, my cousin was a civilian government officer. H...

The Turkish Leopards you mention were taken out by MILAN and TOW ATGMs. Well, it is not far fetched to think PKK might have used these weapons given for destroying ISIS VBIEDs and stolen armor. But here is the thing, They managed to fire STINGER to a T129 helicopter. This clearly shows US aspiration...

Today, what Israel does is way worse than 90s Turkey, literally seizing properties from Palestinians. Such a crime is directly called a pogrom. It sounds like a regional competition between three adjacent states: Turkey, Syria and Israel... who's winning (if that is the case) 1 million civilians de...

What I see in above two comments are pure ignorance out of reality. Israel evicts people out of their homes, bombs the shit out of a tiny strip, invades third holiest mosque in holiest Islamic month, immediately throws any protester into prison and leaving them without trial for months. I hate whata...

As far as I know, until F4E came into service, Turkish Air Force used only AIM9B. Turkish F104Gs and F104S s bought from Italy were all using AIM9 B version.

With F4s AIM9 P version entered service.

Two big technological leaps for Turkey today, Hisar-A+ Air Defence Missile had its live fire test in maximum altitude and range and Altay tank's indigenous alternative for 1500HP diesel engine, BMC POWER's BATU had its first ignition. Turkey, under a severe weapons and sub systems embargo from USA a...

Nobody talks about this issue, but world may be at the verge of September 1939. Again.

Russian deployments are, crazy.