Turkey is considering abandoning the old F-16 and setting its sights on the Chinese Thunder!What's going on, see the mystery behind it!
Recently, there has been a lot of funny news that Turkey is considering giving up the old F-16 and planning to switch to China's arms, saying that it wants to buy our Chinese Thunder Dragon fighters. When I saw the news, I was dumbfounded, thinking to myself what was going on, how did it feel like the Turkish Air Force was slamming on the brakes, and suddenly decided to throw away the American "old buddy" F-16 and turn to our Thunder?
Curious, after a detailed investigation, this matter is not so simple. The ** people in Turkey inspected our Thunder on the spot, saying that they liked the performance and felt that it was more fragrant than the Typhoon fighters in Europe. To be honest, as soon as the news came out, I felt a surge of blood in my heart, and I felt that "our Chinese things are good"!
However, you have to see the story behind it, and you can't be fooled by the superficial appearance. It turns out that Turkey's problem is not simply to buy a new toy, but what they lack now is not an airplane, but an "air force"!
More than 20 years ago, Turkey bought a batch of American F-16 fighters, which at that time were fighters among real fighters. But now, in 2023, those planes have long been old enough to "retire and enjoy old age". The problem is that in the past few decades, Turkey seems to have been a bit "derelict in its duties" for its own air force, new fighters have not been brought in, and old fighters are almost unable to fly.
Recently, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been in full swing, and Turkey is anxious to meddle in Middle East affairs and wants to raise its eyebrows on that land, but Israel does not seem to take Turkey's attitude seriously at all, and even directly persuades the Turkish leaders to shut up. This can make Turkey very bad, and the problem is that they do not have a reliable air force.
Now, imagine that the Israeli Air Force is more efficient than the United States, while Turkey only has old fighter jets from the last century, which is a bit embarrassing. Therefore, Turkey's ** Erdogan has to find a way to solve this problem if he wants to break his head. Their previous F-16s were as old as the movies of the 80s, and their performance was a problem, not to mention the effectiveness on the battlefield.
So, Erdogan came to a conclusion: Turkey lacks an air force!The current situation is that the European gang is not sure whether to sell the Typhoon fighter planes or not, so Turkey is considering buying our Chinese Thunder. In terms of performance, the Thunder is more than enough and can be called a powerful tool for solving the problems of the Turkish Air Force.
However, it's not that simple. NATO doesn't want to sell Typhoon fighters to Turkey, do you know why?Because Turkey is a two-faced country. Think about it, a country that is left and right in international affairs, are you willing to give it the top fighters?Turkey is not as close to life as it used to be. Now what kind of person do you think Erdogan is?He's an unpredictable guy, and some say he's synonymous with "two-faced, three-edged". He likes to play this kind of trick, saying that it is the survival wisdom of a small country. But the people in NATO are smart, and they don't want to sell the most sophisticated fighter planes to Turkey, a "scheming player".
As a result, Turkey played a trick of pulling the banner of Tiger Pila, saying that if they did not sell the typhoon, they would buy the Chinese Thunder Dragon. This is too much, the conditions are still so harsh, we only need to provide aircraft shells, and the internal electronic components still have to use Nordic standards. Of course, China will certainly not agree to such conditions.
In Europe, buying ** is not just a military issue, it's a political act. If Turkey really buys our Thunder, Europe will definitely be shocked and feel that Turkey is introducing Chinese forces. Although there is a high probability that we will not sell, but what if?Europe should have to take precautions in advance, lest one day suddenly another Chinese fighter plane fly around in their airspace.
In general, the essence of this matter is that Turkey wants to use China's prestige to force NATO to agree to their plan to buy Typhoon fighters. After all, China is far away from Turkey and Europe is close, and they dare not offend Europe, so this trick can only be used. In this wrestling, our Thunder has become Erdogan's bargaining chip, and it is time to show our hard power. After all, this time we are not just talking about business, but also about maintaining dignity.