LegionnairE
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what a bunch of fools
Do you know how much we did pay for F35's R&D?
100 million dollars, it was a fvcking joke, you can't develop F35's canopy with that money.
We'll spend BILLIONS with the letter "B" for TFX R&D, and if we do it now Turkish Air Force won't gain anything from it.
If instead we concentrate on rising the local production ratio of F35 we can incerase the workload of Turkish defence industry significantly. Israel isn't a part of the JSF program but even THEY are receiving some of the workload.
But we don't WHY? because we've got fools who can't see in front of their noses let alone having a vision beyond 2023. I'm not saying we shouldn't develop a national fighter, all I'm saying is that it's a bad fvcking time for it. We've got very little to gain and those billions can be better spent developing a civilian airliner jet.
Look the point is, 2023 is a very short vision. If we've been planning 50 years ahead we wouldn't be making these stupid mistakes. Yes I think launching TFX project right now is a mistake.
Do you know how much we did pay for F35's R&D?
100 million dollars, it was a fvcking joke, you can't develop F35's canopy with that money.
We'll spend BILLIONS with the letter "B" for TFX R&D, and if we do it now Turkish Air Force won't gain anything from it.
If instead we concentrate on rising the local production ratio of F35 we can incerase the workload of Turkish defence industry significantly. Israel isn't a part of the JSF program but even THEY are receiving some of the workload.
But we don't WHY? because we've got fools who can't see in front of their noses let alone having a vision beyond 2023. I'm not saying we shouldn't develop a national fighter, all I'm saying is that it's a bad fvcking time for it. We've got very little to gain and those billions can be better spent developing a civilian airliner jet.
US armed forces alone are buying around 2800 planes, the original plan was to buy 3000 but the price went higher than expected. You could see the entire manifest of the parts that are being produced in Turkey in the relevant thread, but somehow nobody bothers to search the forum these days.I don't have quiete knowledge about off-set agreement but i know we are buying around 100 and total aircraft to be produced is around 2000. If we are goingto sell parts for 2000 aircraft it might be possible to cover for 100 aircrafts.
The thing leggy saying is we should double our number to 200 and produce more stuff sell (F-135 engine for example).
Look the point is, 2023 is a very short vision. If we've been planning 50 years ahead we wouldn't be making these stupid mistakes. Yes I think launching TFX project right now is a mistake.
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