Pakistan's input to the project could be on a conventional industrial basis which would be fine, too. Getting work share, being part of the process and receiving technology, insight and knowhow to be able to contribute is exactly how Türkiye started her long and arduous journey that led to KAAN...
If you think this untapped source of income is unfortunate, you probably cant see the brilliant young brains that are wasted by the millions year after year. I don't give a sh*t about "mineral wealth"; what should bother us is the unused and ignored treasure that is the Pakistani youth.
They are not the only ones who are researching laser tech for the purpose of military application.
This field in particular is probably very intensely researched by the Chinese.
They are probably on the same level as the US.
Comparing the Turkish-Pakistani romance to a Indonesian-S.Korean fling doesn't make sense.
Your relationship with the Koreans is transactional in nature, our relationship with Pakistan is muhabbat.
Jokes aside, Pakistan could still join but it is obvious that the decision makers in Islamabad...
Apparently, Renault and Citroën are copying German car makers, well, because, you know French cars have four tires just like the German ones!!11! Coincidence?!?! My foot!!1!
You should know better that joining a project like this could be arranged in many different ways.
When I'm criticising Pakistan's non-existent commitment, I'm not necessarily envisioning Pakistan as an operator of KAAN.
There are thousands of subsystems in this bird. Each system displays an...
I am happy for both, Türkiye and Azerbaijan.
However, this was supposed to be Pakistan's place. I'd like to remind you that this project has been active for over 15 years. There was a golden opportunity for Pakistan to join or, at least, figure something out with Turkey, reach some kind of...
Türkiye and Azerbaijan have decided to cooperate for the development of the National Combat Aircraft KAAN!
Official agreement will be signed tomorrow at IDEF'23.
You're seriously naive if you believe that China is going to bankroll Pakistan in case of war with India. The Chinese don't give a f@ck about Pakistan unless they get something in return.