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Turkey Successfully Conducts Maiden Flight of 5th Generation Fighter
Posted on 2/21/24 at 5:05 pm
Posted on 2/21/24 at 5:05 pm
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Posted on 2/21/24 at 5:06 pm to Boodis Man
I started reading the thread title and thought this was about a bird.
Edited to add:
Edited to add:
quote:Half of Turkey is in Europe (other half is in my belly, lol). Maybe they have best military tech, but they're probably not the most powerful nation overall in ME...
preeminent military power in the middle east
This post was edited on 2/21/24 at 5:10 pm
Posted on 2/21/24 at 5:07 pm to Boodis Man
This thread made me hungary
Posted on 2/21/24 at 5:08 pm to Boodis Man
F22 clone without thrust vectoring
Pretty sexy looking IMO
Pretty sexy looking IMO
Posted on 2/21/24 at 5:18 pm to Scooter McWinner
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Maybe they have best military tech, but they're probably not the most powerful nation overall in ME...
i would say definitely #1. Iran has the brain and manpower, but not the money thanks to sanctions.
Egypt has the manpower but not the brain power.
Those are really the only 2 contenders in the region that could potentially challenge that claim. I don't consider India nor Pakistan as middle east countries.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 5:20 pm to Olric
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hungary
I see what you did there
Posted on 2/21/24 at 5:24 pm to Boodis Man
Posted on 2/21/24 at 5:28 pm to Boodis Man
The landing gear doesnt go up?
This post was edited on 2/21/24 at 5:29 pm
Posted on 2/21/24 at 5:31 pm to MiloDanglers
That was my observation as well. They don’t have a 5th gen they are building it. Its not production or combat ready after watching both links.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 5:33 pm to MiloDanglers
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The landing gear doesnt go up?
Maiden flights of military jets usually are short & they don't raise the landing gear
Posted on 2/21/24 at 5:36 pm to Boodis Man
Next step is to begin designing one with retractable landing gear.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 6:17 pm to momentoftruth87
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not production or combat ready
The F22 is the only 5th gen fighter that can actually be deployed and used to affect the outcome of a war.
Eta: and will be until our next 5th gen is deployable
This post was edited on 2/21/24 at 6:18 pm
Posted on 2/21/24 at 6:20 pm to Tigeralum2008
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F22 clone without thrust vectoring
I thought thrust vectoring was one of the top qualifications to be a 5th generation fighter? Isn’t that what makes the F35 not 5th generation?
Posted on 2/21/24 at 6:22 pm to Boodis Man
Is it unable to retract the landing gear?
Posted on 2/21/24 at 6:23 pm to baldona
To me, the definition of 5th gen is in the same class as the F22. The SU57 is the only thing that theoretically might be able to claim that, and it's absolutely not combat deployable.
And we've had F22s battle ready for like 30 years now
Merica frick yea
And we've had F22s battle ready for like 30 years now
Merica frick yea
Posted on 2/21/24 at 6:27 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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The F22 is the only 5th gen fighter that can actually be deployed and used to affect the outcome of a war.
Eta: and will be until our next 5th gen is deployable
F35 is 5th gen and is deployed. its rumoured that China's J-20 has been deployed around the south china sea and near india.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 6:29 pm to Boodis Man
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F35 is 5th gen and is deployed.
Fairly certain it’s technically not
Posted on 2/21/24 at 6:31 pm to Boodis Man
I think the 35 is widely considered a 4+ and the J20 is rumored to be vastly over-sold on capability.
I'm sticking with my original statement.
I'm sticking with my original statement.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 6:36 pm to Boodis Man
Posted on 2/21/24 at 6:44 pm to baldona
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Fairly certain it’s technically not
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Operating as the 421st Air Expeditionary Squadron, the F-35s first deployed July 26, when the fifth-generation fighters were rushed to the region by the Pentagon after Iranian attacks on commercial shipping around the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic chokepoint between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman through which 20 percent of the world’s oil flows.
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