When it comes to Turkey's plans to buy our country"Thunder"At the warplane, Biden began to feel anxious. And what's going on here?Let's unravel the mystery. Among the most powerful military alliances in the world, there is no doubt that NATO ranks second, but not all member states are comparable in military power. As a member of NATO, Turkey has a significant gap in air power. The main reason for this is that its existing fighters are quite old. It is reported that the main fighters currently owned by the Turkish Air Force are actually F-16 fighters purchased from the United States thirty years ago. Although the fighter once dominated the skies at the time, it is now dwarfed.
At the same time, some of Turkey's neighbors are in the spotlight in terms of air power. For example, Israel, which is at war with Palestine, has a very luxurious air force and has a number of fifth-generation ** fighters F-35. On the other hand, countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates also use twin-engine fighter jets such as the F-15 or Typhoon, which dwarf Turkey. In an effort to change this, Turkey has been trying to find ways to buy the latest fighters. The question, however, is where exactly they should buy it from. In fact, as early as a year ago, Turkey had already set a target for the purchase of the latest American F-35 fighters.
However, due to Turkey's purchase of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems, the United States directly banned the sale of F-35 fighters. For Turkey, it will be difficult to find a better alternative in the short term, as they also need to consider whether the purchased fighter aircraft will be perfectly compatible with NATO's ** system. At present, in addition to the F-35, the only option on the market is the latest F-16. However, even the F-16, the United States is not willing to give ** to Turkey. At this moment, Turkey** revealed such a news: If Turkey cannot buy US fighters, then it is very likely that they will choose the joint research and development of China and Pakistan"Thunder"Fighter.
However, if they buy"Thunder"Fighters, avionics and, above all, data transmission systems will have to be replaced with equipment of Turkey's own manufacture. However, this not only increases overhead, but also does not provide significant performance gains. Some experts believe that Turkey's motivation for disclosing this information may be that Turkey wants to put pressure on the United States in this way, and their intentions are very obvious. What they mean is that if the United States continues to put pressure on them, they will buy Chinese fighters. How Biden will respond to such provocations from Turkey is a question that remains to be seen.
Let's wait and see how Biden responds to this provocation.