I often think that a particular country should either only be admitted to any international organisation which Turkey might want to join if Turkey joins at the same time, or admitted only on the condition that it is has no say on Turkeys membership, if Turkey should ever ask to join. Or perhaps instead of a veto, it should have the option to quit, & be replaced by Turkey....
- Turkey will not buy a Eurofighter or Eurohelicopter until Turkey is allowed to join EDA. Which means Eurofighter or EH-101 has no place in Turkish Armed Forces in near future as one particular member of EDA insists on keeping us out.
lol If I was paranoid I would think that the other EDA partners let in a particular country that is adamant about not letting Turkey in any organisation that itself is already in... :nutkickI often think that a particular country should either only be admitted to any international organisation which Turkey might want to join if Turkey joins at the same time, or admitted only on the condition that it is has no say on Turkeys membership, if Turkey should ever ask to join. Or perhaps instead of a veto, it should have the option to quit, & be replaced by Turkey.
Such conditions could be made mutual, in the interests of fairness. :devil
Yesterday there was a meeting in the parliament for whether to join or not to the next phase of JSF project. During his speech the MoD clearly stated some facts.
- Turkey will buy 116 F35s (100+16).
- Orders will be placed in 2010
- The cost planned and funded for the project is ~11billion US$
- Flyaway cost for planes are expected to be around 70-75m$ per plane
- Talks are ongoing for integrated locally developed weapons
- Turkey is trying to archive at least some control on mission computer/EW systems.
- The local work share secured so far is 5.5 billion US$ and we are trying to get more contracts.
- Turkey will not buy a Eurofighter or Eurohelicopter until Turkey is allowed to join EDA. Which means Eurofighter or EH-101 has no place in Turkish Armed Forces in near future as one particular member of EDA insists on keeping us out.
You missed the second best fighter in the world.What Turkey realy needs is a high altitude air supremacy fighter.
JAS-39 Gripen:
Flanker variants:
F-22:
F-35XL:
F-15K:
Eurofighter Typhoon:
Rafalle:
You missed the second best fighter in the world.
The F-35A. So Turkey has already ordered a high altitude air supremacy fighter.
- The F-35 has longer range than the majority of the aircraft listed above. With the Suhkoi and F-15 with conformal tanks having a slight edge.
- The F-35 is as fast as the majority of the aircraft listed. The F-22 and Eurofighter being clearly quicker. The F-35 doesn't supercruise based on its manufacturers definition used to make the F-22 unique. However using the loose definition of Mach 1 without afterburners then the F-35 will supercruise by that definition along with the50 other aircraft that also supercruise based on that incorrect definition.
- The F-35 has the lowest radar cross section besides the F-22.
Considering Turkey is already buying the F-35 for its strike role then it does not need to buy an air dominance fighter, instead it would buy additional F-35's. However the the current order of F-35's most likely include the aircraft that will be tasked for air defence.
Remember as the F-35 has a slight range advantage over its competitions then when flying the same mission it will have fuel to spare. This extra fuel can be used to turn that range advantage into a speed advantage by lighting the burners for a short period of time.
Atilla [TR];143016 said:F-16>>>>Gets replaced by F-35
F-4>>>>>Gets Replaced by F-15>>>>Then the F-22 (which is unneeded with better options out there.
Yes you can read it in the official documents. That explains the reluctance of Turkish side when EADS came with a "rich!?" offer earlier.Atilla [TR];143530 said:Is this what he said in the Grand national assembly?