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Turkey leading the world in "drone swarm" technology?
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Byker
2020-12-25 17:37:52 UTC
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I'll bet Erdogan can hardly wait to unleash them on the Greeks...
B1ackwater
2020-12-26 02:56:28 UTC
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Post by Byker
http://youtu.be/iFPY2i2JpDc
I'll bet Erdogan can hardly wait to unleash them on the Greeks...
Not entirely sure what they can do that a supersonic fighter-bomber
can't do better.
Byker
2020-12-27 19:47:28 UTC
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Post by B1ackwater
Post by Byker
http://youtu.be/iFPY2i2JpDc
I'll bet Erdogan can hardly wait to unleash them on the Greeks...
Not entirely sure what they can do that a supersonic fighter-bomber
can't do better.
That'll be a bit difficult considering how Erdogan "fired"
all his fighter pilots after the attempted coup:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-airforce/depleted-by-coup-turkish-air-force-seeks-to-lure-back-seasoned-pilots-idUSKBN1350ID

https://www.nordicmonitor.com/2020/01/the-turkish-air-force-crippled-after-mass-purge-of-pilots-by-erdogan-government/
B1ackwater
2020-12-28 02:54:49 UTC
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Post by Byker
Post by B1ackwater
Post by Byker
http://youtu.be/iFPY2i2JpDc
I'll bet Erdogan can hardly wait to unleash them on the Greeks...
Not entirely sure what they can do that a supersonic fighter-bomber
can't do better.
That'll be a bit difficult considering how Erdogan "fired"
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-airforce/depleted-by-coup-turkish-air-force-seeks-to-lure-back-seasoned-pilots-idUSKBN1350ID
https://www.nordicmonitor.com/2020/01/the-turkish-air-force-crippled-after-mass-purge-of-pilots-by-erdogan-government/
Isn't that "firing squad" ??? :-)

He's had enough time to get a new batch more or
less trained. If he could manage to stay on good
terms with Russia they'd help - but that alliance is
on-again/off-again (fortunately).

As for the Greek AF .... I suppose they are trained OK,
but as for NUMBERS I'd have to look that up. Likely
not all that many relative to Turkey.

Anyway, as Iran recently demonstrated in Saudi, the
best weapon of the moment seems to be the cruise
missile. Fire and forget - and the guidance/AI has
vastly improved over the past decade or so. Aircraft
still have their uses ... but IMHO that advantage is
more for targets that are hard to pin down exactly
or perhaps naval targets. Sometimes you need a
human looking out the window - and to plot an
attack strategy on the spot.
Byker
2020-12-28 17:41:25 UTC
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Post by B1ackwater
As for the Greek AF .... I suppose they are trained OK,
but as for NUMBERS I'd have to look that up. Likely
not all that many relative to Turkey.
Turks seem to get a certain perverse amusement by continually violating
Greek airspace, then skedaddling back home when the Greeks send up F-16s to
intercept. This costs the Greeks money every time they have to do it, money
they can ill-afford to spend, and Erdogan knows it. It's just a matter of
time before Athens says, "ENOUGH," and shoots one of them down.

Erdogan: "YOU SHOT DOWN ONE OF MY PLANES!"

Greeks: "Oops!"
George Black
2020-12-28 19:03:32 UTC
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Post by Byker
 As for the Greek AF .... I suppose they are trained OK,
 but as for NUMBERS I'd have to look that up. Likely
 not all that many relative to Turkey.
Turks seem to get a certain perverse amusement by continually violating
Greek airspace, then skedaddling back home when the Greeks send up F-16s to
intercept. This costs the Greeks money every time they have to do it, money
they can ill-afford to spend, and Erdogan knows it. It's just a matter of
time before Athens says, "ENOUGH," and shoots one of them down.
Erdogan: "YOU SHOT DOWN ONE OF MY PLANES!"
Greeks: "Oops!"
No.
Greeks "From now on unauthorised aircraft in our airspace will either be
arrested and escorted to a military airfield or shot down"
Even a Turk could understand that
Byker
2020-12-28 20:10:04 UTC
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Erdogan: "YOU SHOT DOWN ONE OF MY PLANES!"
Greeks: "Oops!"
No.
Greeks "From now on unauthorised aircraft in our airspace will either be
arrested and escorted to a military airfield or shot down"
Erdogan: "TRY IT!"
George Black
2020-12-28 21:06:22 UTC
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Post by George Black
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Erdogan: "YOU SHOT DOWN ONE OF MY PLANES!"
Greeks: "Oops!"
No.
Greeks "From now on unauthorised aircraft in our airspace will either
be arrested and escorted to a military airfield or shot down"
Erdogan: "TRY IT!"
NATO
Byker
2020-12-28 21:12:43 UTC
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Post by Byker
Erdogan: "TRY IT!"
NATO
NATO country vs. NATO country. Which one will we side with?
I hear the Russkies are looking for a another Mediterranean port,
namely in Greece, to supplement their one in Syria...

Leper
2020-12-26 07:49:01 UTC
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Post by Byker
http://youtu.be/iFPY2i2JpDc
I'll bet Erdogan can hardly wait to unleash them on the Greeks...
Are they programmed to attack from the rear? :-)
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