The only reason Turkey is useful to NATO is the Bosporus strait(but we saw how useful that was, when they let Russian ships willy nilly until they closed it days after the war began). Frankly? They should have been kicked when they invaded Cyprus, and double kicked during the F-35 and S400 fiasco. Which Trump successfully kicked them out of the F-35 program.
I will have to respectfully disagree on the f-35. It is a more open program, using different costing method(full life cycle) and the technology on that plane is astounding. See through the fuselage, stealth, high speed with load(while other planes can't achieve the same speed with loads). Sure there are problems, and there were many more on many planes. Including the lawn dart.... Yep, the venerable F-16.
It had issues upon issues upon issues, until it became the incredible weapon we see today. The f-35 seems to be following that footstep. Not even the f-22 seems to have the same sensor suite the F-35 has.
Turkey is quite butthurt over it, not only due to loss of revenue from manufacturing some parts, but from all the technology they lost.
Give the f-35 a chance, it will surprise you like the f-16.
The only reason Turkey is useful to NATO is the Bosporus strait(but we saw how useful that was, when they let Russian ships willy nilly until they closed it days after the war began). Frankly? They should have been kicked when they invaded Cyprus, and double kicked during the F-35 and S400 fiasco. Which Trump successfully kicked them out of the F-35 program.
The occupation of Cyprus, they were in the right in the invasion itself.
The F-35 program is a disaster and I wish Poland never touched it.
I will have to respectfully disagree on the f-35. It is a more open program, using different costing method(full life cycle) and the technology on that plane is astounding. See through the fuselage, stealth, high speed with load(while other planes can't achieve the same speed with loads). Sure there are problems, and there were many more on many planes. Including the lawn dart.... Yep, the venerable F-16.
It had issues upon issues upon issues, until it became the incredible weapon we see today. The f-35 seems to be following that footstep. Not even the f-22 seems to have the same sensor suite the F-35 has.
Turkey is quite butthurt over it, not only due to loss of revenue from manufacturing some parts, but from all the technology they lost.
Give the f-35 a chance, it will surprise you like the f-16.
Let me begin with the simple:
That's it, already absolete.