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Thanks. I was unaware of that. I wonder if a prototype has been built, tested and meets requirements. If in fact the engine has not yet been built first run is is going to be in 2026, to me there remains a level of uncertainty that the engine will be ready for 2028/2029 flight in KAAN.

It takes the most experienced fast jet engine developers many years to develop a new engine. I think the example of the M-88 timeline was given earlier in the thread. I don't think it is a matter of substantiating why the TF35K will take many years to develop but more a matter of substantiating...

India may have a 5G fighter in about 10 years' time. In about 10 years' time Turkiye may have an all Turkish KAAN. Of course, Pakistan may have ordered J-20 before then.

I can see Turkiye becoming a major player in the defence market in coming years. There are a large number of fellow Muslim countries predisposed to consider buying arms from Turkiye. How much of an edge that gives I do not know but it certainly helps. Where KAAN is concerned, US denial of...

The crucial word in that sentence is the word 'hopefully'. It is not a schedule announcement. Almost certainly it will not happen. I would like to hear sensible, informed estimates about TF35K from the people directly involved in its development: 1 target date for design freeze 2 time needed...

KF-21 updates... KF-21 exceeds mach 1.8 in flight... https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/448/0000458259 KF-21 joins Eurofighter, Rafale, Gripen in the Meteor club.. https://defence-industry.eu/south-korea ... -aircraft/ Dispute with Indonesia may soon be resolved...

You did not answer my question. Never mind.

I'm curious about describing Ukrainians as 'natives'. Do you describe the people of Indonesia as 'natives', Gary, or are undertones of racism restricted to describing people different to you?

Any chance of the ejection seat being in production in 2028? How far has its development advanced? The engine in 2028... if today a prototype were built and ready to fire up, I would be inclined to give Mr Kotil's statement some credence.

While it is good to be positive, I would be very surprised if the TF35000 were built, ground-tested and tested in a flying testbed KAAN in 2028. Correct me if I'm wrong but I seem to remember that it took a long time for TF6000 to have its first run after assembly was reported to be complete...

I did not say the TF6000 would fail. I asked how it was certain it would be successful in the near future. If jet engines were so easy to design, they would be designed, be built and work satisfactorily with only tests for confirmation of performance and reliability being required before being...

How do you know the TF6000 will perform successfully in the near future? Ditto TF10000. Ditto a much more powerful indigenous design. PS I think that TF6000 will be successful. When? No idea.

IIRC a very few years ago a serviceable ex-airline A340 could be bought for less than $30 million. Would have suited well as a platform for conversion. My guess is that two could have been purchased for little more than the cost of one Tejas Mk1A. Conversion cost airliner>flying testbed unknown...

Hold up with T-7 could help F404 supply to other customers in the next year or two.

They did that before, I think.

@UkroTurk You paint a black picture of Russia - but I think your choice of colour is the right one..

Point 1 No need for US troops in Ukraine. All that was needed was to supply the Ukrainian forces with the weapons they requested in order to win (the ones US forces would have if they were sent to Ukraine). The West would not do that. As a consequence, instead of winning, Ukraine was losing...

The only party ready to start a world war is Putin. Whatever, the Europeans are determined to defend a democracy on their doorstop from vanishing, to be replaced by an aggressive totalitarian regime. The EU+UK economy dwarfs the Russian economy. Russia will run out of resources long before the...

I wonder how long it will take to switch from Mk1A assembly to Su assembly at Nashik, build 12 x Su then switch back to Mk1A assembly. I also wonder how many unused GE 404 there are in India and the current delivery rate from GE. I know that GE is raising the delivery rate to 20 per year but...

I think that Ukraine is also lowering conscription age from 27 to 25. I wonder how many 25/26 year old men there are in Ukraine.