Buddy, nobody underestimates turkish military, or your defense industry, because they will clearly improve in the next decades. But you clearly overestimates them without seeing the high reliability of them to foreign nations and foreign developments.
For example, T129 is not a combat helicopter developed by Turkey, it is just an upgraded version of the Agosta Westland 129. Turkey just gets the license production rights, as well as the right to integrate indigenous techs, or weapons, but at the end it still is an ITA-UK combat helicopter, not turkish and that is not the only case. The U214 subs that Turkey wants from Germany, should be build under licence and will integrate turkish systems too, but obviously it still will be a German sub right?
India instead already developed own helicopters, including the new LCH, or an MBT like the Arjun, trainer and combat aircrafts, as well as big parts of navy vessels, including the first SSBN and aircraft carrier that are in production now. You must admit that Turkey is clearly behind in this fields and is just starting own indigenous developments like the Altay MBT that will come in some years.
The t-129 will be using a129 model.
engine from Rah-66 from usa.
and radar from israel(similar but better then the apache radar).
besides that.. ALL OF IT IS TURKISH.
So its like 80% turkish...
also.. 214 subs from germany to turkey.
are german.
But we filled it with turkish recources.
which makes it 60% turkish.
However its designed by germany ofcourse.
Turkey is developing MILGEM frigates/corvettes(very high specs) and destroyers/frigates (some call them warships) TF-2000(Best frigate with stealth).
With better missiles then harpoon from roketsan.
and better radars etc.. from aselsan.
Turkey is developing Altay tank.
Armour from south korea.
the rest is turkish.
a prototype will use 100% turkish recources.
and turkey already developed trainer aircraft.
Also.. I prefer having 60% turkish made and 40% other country but having the best of the world.
or one of the best.
then having typical soviet/russian tech and moderate quality 100% turkish.
just like india has them.
Only thing im impressed of india is.. how they managed to get over 1billion population.
Their entire army is really bad equipped.
These are said by india itself.
They had modernization but still it didn't helped much.
and the training of the turkish armed forces.
are extremely tough and pretty long.
