There was a back to back testing in Turkey and HQ-9 wins at 10/10, HQ-9 is the best one !!!
Turkey asked China to sell 2 HQ-9 systems in the end of 2015 after Turkey shoots down Russian plane!
China refused to do TOT and sell HQ-9 to Turkey!
There is nothing Turkey can do about these in just 3.4 Billions , No one will do TOT, No one!!!
you can say whatever you want to say, but wait some more decades until the day that Turkey proves itself can make something similar as HQ-9 system!!!
Turkey is the one without any LRSM systems right now!
I don't know which part of my point to point remarks make you disturb but It is for sure that You should learn the procurement system and tender processes before talking like a blind nationalist on such subjects.
The tenders proceed that way.
1- Countries releases RfI to all World institutes who is willing to join into tender.
2-The institutes who wants to be a part of this tender pay some money around 5000 or 10000$ to to take the tender documents to reach the details and specific requirements.
3-Institutes prepare their offers in accordance with tender papers requirements and transmit to costumers procurement departments.
4-Costumer list all tenderer from one to second, third in accordance with criteria established on tender papers and announce them for start negotiations with first institute.
At T-LORAMIDS tender, The tenderer are listed as following,
1-China offered a solution with %40 ToT worth 3,44 billion $
2-EuroSAM offered a solution worth 4,5 billion $ for Aster-30 batteries
3-Raytheon/Lockheed offered worth 4,5 billion $ for PAC-3+ batteries
In this circumstances,
-3,4billion $ was a Chinese offer/promise with %40 offset ToT at the beginning of tender process. The offers and institute promises has nothing to do with Turkey (You don't even have any idea about it). When negotiations commenced, Turkey visited Chinese institute and They made a firing trial against a drone successfully. During negotiation phase(+changing politic environment), It is agreed that China is not willing to release required technologies that was promised by themselves at the beginning of tender so It is understood that Working with China in this project is not necessary. It was ToT issue with lower price lead Turkish officials to rank CPIMEC first line but Without ToT, Requesting a system worth billion $ from China means to shot in own foot, While proven systems like Aster-30 and Pac-3 is staying in same tender so, Noone can tell me "HQ-9 is superior to Western equivalents so eliminated them in Turkey's tender". Such statements are just made by such fanboys who don't even have any idea about basic information about processes.
-Turkey did not request any HQ-9 under direct procurement project model before and after 2015. Stop generating elements from your minds. If you have some source, Support your claims.
-Turkey's domestic efforts for such missile developments are out of your comprehension limits so I advice you to focus on the subjects that you have some basic information. Talking about a subject that you don't have any idea, will just serve to look you like an ignorant member.