Recently, there was a news on the Internet,NATO member states are even considering buying Chinese fighter jets
After seeing this news, I was stunned for a moment, and then quickly checked what was going on, and after reading the ins and outs of the whole thing, I realized that this thing is true, but it is not completely true, it is false, but it is not completely false, it can only be said to be true.
The Turkish Air Force inspected the "Thunder" fighter on the spot
The country that wants to buy Chinese fighter jets is Turkey, and the model they are looking at is our Thunder fighter, in the words of Turkey and RussiaDue to the uncertainty on the European side over the issue of the Typhoon fighter jet, Turkey is currently considering buying the Thunder from China as an alternativeIn terms of performance, the Thunder fighter is more than enough for Turkey to deal with all the problems it faces.
The main reason why Turkey will let out this rumor is that they are too short of an air force now.
The last time Turkey got a full-scale fighter was in the 90s of the 20th century, when they bought a batch of F-16 fighters from the United States, and in the context of the era at that time, the F-16 was actually one of the best fighters in the worldIt's 2023 now, and the F-16s purchased by Turkey that year are now 20 to 30 years old, and the age of the F-16 is generally around 40 yearsNot to mention whether the performance is outdated, just say that in this year, these planes are probably almost no longer flying
In the latest round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Turkey wants to intervene in Middle East affairs and expand its influence in the Middle EastAs a result, Israel doesn't care about your Erdogan's attitude at all, and even very arrogantly persuaded Erdogan to shut up, the problem lies in the fact that Turkey does not have a working air force. At present, the combat efficiency of the Israeli Air Force is even higher than that of the US Air Force. In this case, you Turkey has only the old American fighter of the last century in your hands, what face is there to get involved in Middle Eastern affairs.
So think about it,Erdogan came to the conclusion that the Air Force is the top priority and top priority of Israel's current military development, so they intend to buy Typhoon fighters from Europe.
The so-called Typhoon fighter is a fighter developed by the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Spain, so it is also called the European United Fighter. To some extent, the fighter can be regarded as NATO's standard equipment, at present, except for Sweden and France, which have the ability to develop their own fighters, other NATO countries are equipped with a lot of Typhoon fighters, this type of fighter has limited agility, short take-off and landing capabilities and partial stealth capabilities.
And Turkey, as a NATO country, can also be regarded as a proper duty to equip the Typhoon.
However, NATO does not want to sell；The reason why they don't want to sell their land is also very simple, because Turkey is a two-faced country. Normally, we would call a country that has fallen on both sides of the wall as a source of left and right, and Turkey can no longer be described by that word.
You think Erdogan is a two-faced **, he tells you that this is the survival wisdom of a small country,It is precisely for this reason that NATO actually does not want to sell Typhoon fighters to Turkey
So Turkey intends to use what it does best,Pulling the banner of Tiger Pila, saying that if NATO does not sell the Typhoon, they will buy the Chinese Thunder。Of course, the premise is that China only provides aircraft shells, and the internal electronic components are still of Nordic standards, of course, China will definitely not agree to this condition.
Buying ** in Europe is actually a political actIf Turkey buys Chinese Thunder fighters, then no matter what exactly they plan to buy and do, in Europe, it seems that Turkey is introducing Chinese forces into Europe.
Although there is a high probability that China will not sell the Thunder fighter to Turkey, there is still a case in 10,000, what if Turkey wants to buy Chinese fighters?Given their previous diplomatic actions, Europe also has to guard against this possibility.
In general, the essence of this matter is, in factTurkey uses China as a tiger skin and a bargaining chip to force NATO to agree to Turkey's Typhoon purchase plan。After all, China is too far away from Turkey, Europe is too close, and they are not in the same existential situation as Serbia, so they will definitely not try to touch the mold.