Thats a fair criticism imo. Not only is the aircraft bought through corruption AND is expensive to upkeep, but has to already go through an upgrade process for it to stay relevant. I completely understand Austria's decision to do away with them. The Gripens is an excellent choice to replace it...
The Iranian classification of warships is bit of a mess and confusing. I personally think its more akin to a Littoral Combat Ship class, slightly heavier and more capable then a corvette.
This is not about defending Otokar, this is about blatant deep running corruption within the state institutions. They didnt even bother to hide it in this case. The tender should have been a fair trial where everyone should get the same treatment as the next company, in this case the tend was...
Lets all preted we didnt see this coming from miles away. The moment they started delaying the tender so that BMC could build up the capacity to produce the amount of tanks we should have guessed who it was gonna be. Turkey is slowly turning into a Gulf Arab state, where you are rewarded based...
Not really captured but abandoned. As someone pointed out, oil leak probably indicates it was either damaged or they were not able to do proper maintenance/repair in time.
The problem there is that its a very competitive market and very hard to penetrate. The Russians and Chinese are even struggling. The Chinese atleast have a shit ton of domestic airlines to count on but it has yet to succed in the international stage. On the other hand there are also already...
Interestingly @Saithan asked a similar question and he flat out stated that it was because of internal politcal dynamics. They dont want certain companies to be more powerfull and influental then the other, because they tend to use it as leverage. Its probably the reason why they chose Tumosan...
Yeah i figured as much. The kind of information we want is certainly in the "confidential" area of things. But again if you have overal general questions i'm sure he can provide us with some ya know.
Guys there going to be a new AMA in the next couple days which is done by the same person who did it last time. Dont know if this has been posted already.
Here he announces is:
This was his last AMA.
Just keeping your informed. Prepare your question i guess.