cabatli_53
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Yes, complement but do we need 100+ strike aircraft? Yeah, they're not really ground attack but multi-role aircraft but their A2A capability is known to be limited in terms of a maneuverability and while @cabatli_53, you seem to know a lot maybe about the decision making process itself, wouldn't it make more sense to cut down on F-35 orders to procure more TF-X?
The more F-35s we buy, the more expensive our indigenous fighter will be, am I right?
The desicion of numbers are taken in accordance with strategic planning of military tactics regarding their future squadrom plans on different bases, the range of effective number of strike aircrafts on problematic regions locating next to our borders, the amount of air superiority aircrafts which is designated to protect planned future strike forces and the size of the country which the number of strike aircrafts to be seperated. Decreasing the amount of strategic systems may cause some future aversiveness risks especially for defencive gears, If you are charged to protect a big country which is locating quite problematic region whose nations periodically make bloodbath so If there is a big number of aircrafts to be acquired with "vital codes" which Your own industry doesn't have a plan to develop an equivalent for next 50-60 years, It means It is vital to purchase big numbers for your countries security without asking money flow to foreign manufacturers.
BTW, F-35 is a big stealth strike aircraft, While (Contrary to rivals) Air to air roles are impressively enhenced thanks to technological advantages of aircraft. F-35 can do air superiority missions not by its high manouvrability profile but impressive Electronic/Electro-optic devices which helps a strike aircraft to survive on its own If It is needed. Even in this circumstances, Being quite advanced in air to air roles doesn't make F-35 an air speriority aircraft as a competitive of F-22 or F-16.
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