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00:30Turkey is thus attempting to strengthen its air force in anticipation of two such potential conflicts, one with Greece and Cyprus, and one with Israel.
00:41We don't know whether these conflicts will occur or not, but the Turks, recognizing the catastrophic superiority that, say, the Israeli air force has over the Turkish air force, are trying to at least somewhat mitigate this superiority.
00:53I'll tell you the backstory of this entire deal now, and how Turkey came to buy used aircraft in the first place.
01:02We'll definitely talk about the Eurofighter aircraft itself, what it's like, and finally, we'll try to draw a conclusion about whether it would help the Turkish air force in the event of a full-scale conflict, for example, with Israel.
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01:59Let's first recall how this whole story unfolded.
02:02Uh, this whole story fits the proverbial proverb that the Turks literally outsmarted themselves.
02:07Back when the F-35 program was developing, they, as a NATO country, should have been included and should have been put on the waiting list to purchase 5th generation F-35 aircraft.
02:19They really wanted them.
02:21But at that point, the Turks, apparently deciding to have their ass in two chairs with one hand, purchased the Russian PVOS-300 system, which the Americans categorically objected to.
02:32And so, the Turks were immediately kicked out of the program.
02:35Then, without losing their composure, the Turks began developing their own 5th generation aircraft, which is called the KAN.
02:43Well, that's KAN in Turkic, as far as I understand.
02:46So, in 1913, they approved its final design and layout.
02:51There were various options in 2013, and then in 2025, it suddenly became clear that this cool Turkish aircraft.
02:59They managed to sign an export contract with Indonesia for 4-8 aircraft.
03:02They managed to sign a contract with Egypt.
03:05They managed to praise it in every possible way.
03:07It even flew for them, as it turned out.
03:09But then it suddenly turned out that it could only fly, well, as a 5th generation aircraft, only on a 5th generation TADAM engine, made in America.
03:17In other words, the Turks couldn't develop their own engine.
03:20Well, this product is a little more complex than something like the Bayraktar, yes, or a tank or a cannon.
03:25It's, frankly, a super high-tech product.
03:29There's actually an opinion among some experts, so to speak, that only the Americans have been able to create a 5th generation engine to date.
03:365th generation aircraft are produced in Russia.
03:40That's a no-no.
03:41The Su-57, we've talked about it 10,000 times.
03:45If you want, here's a link to it, yes, you can watch it again.
03:49An aircraft with rivets sticking out of the fuselage like that can't be 5th generation.
03:53They still don't have an engine.
03:55And the Chinese are producing their J-20, supposedly 5th generation.
03:59But then again, many experts question whether the Chinese were able to create a 5th generation engine, because Chinese aircraft manufacturing has traditionally had engine problems.
04:11In short, the Turks created a 5th generation aircraft, but they needed American engines.
04:17The Americans quite rightly refused, given Turkey's behavior, and yes, given their foreign policy aggression against Greece and, most importantly, Israel, they refused.
04:27As a result, this Hong Kong will either fly or it won't.
04:31And as a result, the Turks decided to purchase the Eurofighter.
04:35I believe the engine issue developed earlier.
04:38That is, it became clear earlier that they were failing miserably.
04:41But in 2025, after 12 years of developing this unparalleled aircraft, the pride and joy of the Turkish aviation industry, it turned out that, judging by everything, it wasn't 5th generation at all.
04:51And so they started talking about acquiring the Eurofighter.
04:54The British, of course, are complete idiots in this regard.
04:58Yes, if they're selling an aircraft to the Turks, an aircraft I'll tell you about separately now.
05:03Yes, which is supposed to strengthen the Turkish Air Force, while
05:07Turkey is showing aggression towards literally all its neighbors, especially towards Israel and towards Greece, which is a NATO member, the same as Turkey and the same as the UK.
05:16But never mind, it's apparently business, nothing personal.
05:21Or, I suppose, there's a slightly different motivation.
05:25The British believe that 20 Eurofighter aircraft won't give the Turkish Air Force any significant advantage over other countries in the region.
05:32The core of the Turkish Air Force fleet is currently made up of F-16 Bloc D aircraft, about 290 of which, as far as I remember, are in operation.
05:43But I honestly can't say how many of them are airworthy.
05:46The Turks have experience using them, but primarily against ground targets during battles with the Kurds, during all sorts of conflicts with the Kurds.
05:59The Turks have no experience using large numbers of aircraft.
06:03This is an important point.
06:05I'll explain at the end why these 4-4 aircraft won't give the Turks some catastrophic superiority, or at least slightly raise them to the level of the Israeli Air Force.
06:19The Eurofighter is a fourth-generation, multi-role aircraft, meaning it is designed for both air superiority and strike missions.
06:26It is manufactured by the Eurofighter group, a European concern that includes several countries, including Britain, Germany, Austria, and Italy.
06:42France was once involved in this concern at the beginning of this entire project, but then France withdrew, focusing on the production of its own aircraft, in particular the Rafale.
06:52What's the gist of the story?
06:53Somewhere around the late 1970s and early 1980s, the aircraft of the European countries that were members of NATO and opposed the Soviet Union in the Cold War began to rapidly become obsolete, both morally and physically.
07:06Many of their aircraft were literally second-generation.
07:10Consequently, work began in Europe on developing a promising next-generation aircraft.
07:16This was being carried out simultaneously in West Germany, West Germany, France, the UK, and in a variety of countries.
07:24And
07:24At some point, the Europeans noticed that they were developing aircraft with similar characteristics, more or less, for the same tasks.
07:34The primary task for which these aircraft were created, developed, was to achieve air superiority.
07:40That is, literally, air defense of the European continent, yes.
07:45These aircraft weren't specifically designed for strike missions.
07:48At the same time, the Americans were actively offering their F-16.
07:52Yes, by the way, we made a separate video about it.
07:55You can watch it again.
07:57Here's the link.
07:57The F-16 was then more designed for strike missions, while the Europeans were planning to defend themselves, meaning they were less interested in strike missions.
08:07And noticing this, the Europeans began negotiations with each other.
08:12They decided not to purchase American aircraft in large quantities in order to support their own aviation industry and their own developers, and decided to pool their efforts.
08:22This would later become a completely normal practice.
08:25And in general, it's not a unique situation when several countries join forces and create something like this.
08:31Well, in particular, the F-35 project, for example, yes, was created with the active financial participation of a variety of countries, not just the United States.
08:40Although the Americans bore the brunt of the development.
08:47So, in 1981, the British, Germans, and Italians joined forces and came up with this aircraft, the Agile Combat Aircraft ACA, a highly maneuverable combat aircraft.
09:01It was a prototype that would later become the Eurofighter.
09:05Yes, they showed it at the Farnborough Airshow, and it was supposed to replace the Tornado.
09:10This was also a joint development between various European countries.
09:16The fighter's design was supposed to be relatively simple, with a very good, uh, long time between overhauls.
09:26Meaning, it would spend less time on repairs and have very high maneuverability.
09:31The Europeans were interested in maneuverability.
09:34For some reason, they thought there would be close air battles, in which maneuverability would be critical.
09:45So, if we go through the, how should we say, chronologically, the development of the engine for this aircraft began in 2008.
09:52They used the Rolls-Royce XG40 engine as a basis.
09:59In 1986, they formed the Eurofighter Turbo Consortium.
10:05This was to design the next engine, called the Eurofighter 2000.
10:10We'll talk about it separately now.
10:11And the founders of this consortium were the British, Italians, and Germans.
10:17Accordingly, in 1988, they signed an agreement to develop the engine.
10:22In 1991, the first engine test took place.
10:26In 1994, the Eurofighter aircraft with the new engine made its first flight.
10:30Then a pilot batch was built.
10:35Uh, in 1998, they signed a contract to build a pilot batch.
10:39And in 2000, just as they planned, the program was called Eurofighter 2000.
10:44They met the deadline, by the way, which is rare in the aircraft industry.
10:48Everyone is always late, there's never enough money, and so on.
10:51But here, apparently, thanks to a collective effort, they succeeded.
10:55The aircraft was cleared for flight operation.
10:59And, uh, since, year context needed, serial development of this,
11:03this serial production, excuse me, of this aircraft began.
11:09Let's remember again that this aircraft was developed in the early 1980s.
11:13The Cold War was in full swing.
11:15They were in full swing, uh, preparing for war with the Soviet Union.
11:19Although, in principle, some kind of detente was already visible there and so on.
11:23But in such things, inertia is usually very high.
11:26And all this continued.
11:28And this aircraft dates back to the 1980s, having the corresponding, so to speak,
11:33shortcomings of that period.
11:35But nevertheless, it was designed using a canard aerodynamic configuration.
11:40This is when the horizontal tail, the winglets, which are roughly located near the tail,
11:45are not near the tail, but in front of the main wings.
11:48They stick out from the nose, roughly speaking.
11:50This is a very characteristic appearance.
11:52This is called a canard aerodynamic configuration.
11:56Uh, the aircraft, according to the Eurofighter Concern,
12:00has already been developed using some STS technology,
12:03or stealth reduction, during its development.
12:06It has a small radar cross-section,
12:09although it is believed that the canard aerodynamic design
12:11always has a high radar cross-section,
12:14specifically due to those winglets protruding from the nose.
12:16But that's irrelevant in this case.
12:20I repeat, this aircraft was developed back in the 1980s,
12:24after which it began production.
12:27And what makes it unique is that it is produced in four different modifications
12:31for four customers in this consortium.
12:33It's not just the same aircraft for everyone,
12:36but it is produced separately according to the requirements of each country's air force.
12:41Separately for the Germans, the Austrians, the British, and, accordingly, the Italians.
12:46As of about mid-23, 586 aircraft had been produced.
12:54It is actively exported.
12:56Specifically, it has been supplied to Qatar, Amman, and Saudi Arabia.
13:01Well, and in Europe.
13:02So, this aircraft, it has two engines, so yes.
13:05This Eurofighter 2000, for example,
13:10and the Eurofighter concern estimates that it has only 10,
13:13what's called 10 man-hours of ground support per flight hour.
13:18Well, let's say it's periodically compared to the Hornet F-18 F-A-18.
13:23The Hornet has a ground support rate of 27.5 man-hours.
13:29An engine change on the Eurofighter takes 45 minutes for a four-person crew.
13:35And per 1,000 flight hours, it has approximately 400 failures, even fewer,
13:40while the Hornet, for example, has 1.12 failures.
13:44So, in this sense, it's considered less problematic.
13:48And in general, its life cycle cost is 30% lower than many other aircraft.
13:53So, it's cheaper, I suppose.
13:55Its price itself is $123 million, again, as of 2022.
14:01There, it periodically begins to increase depending on modernization and so on.
14:05One of the problems with this aircraft is that it has little room for modernization.
14:09That is, it doesn't have many, uh, opportunities for modernization.
14:14For example, the American F-16, yes, which was developed back in the 1980s.
14:19Again, they're more or less in the same ballpark.
14:22It has a huge room for modernization.
14:24And the latest F-16 modifications are different from the first F-16 modifications.
14:30It's like a Zhiguli from a Mercedes.
14:33There's a colossal difference there.
14:35That's the kind of room the American designers have laid.
14:38The Eurofighter has a cannon.
14:40It's a 27mm Mouser.
14:42A very common cannon weapon for European aircraft.
14:48The Germans, of course, make it.
14:50It has 13 hardpoints, and it has no weapons bay at all, no internal compartment.
14:55Everything is hung externally.
14:5713 hardpoints, 7s, that's a 7.5 ton combat load.
15:01That is, it can carry 7.5, uh, tons of various weapons.
15:08It carries, well, practically the entire range of various weapons used by European air forces,
15:13just European, American ones, from the Sidewinder missile to the Meteor missile.
15:19Sidewind is a close combat weapon, while the Meteor is a long-range weapon, a Swedish development.
15:23From missiles, like the Harpoon anti-ship missile, to the Taurus missile, for example,
15:28well, and so on, and so forth, various bombs.
15:30It has a laser targeting system, a liner container that allows the use of precision weapons.
15:37In particular, these laser-guided bombs, like the Payway, JDM, uh, Enhanced Payway,
15:43it has completely different, uh, variants.
15:46So, it's designed for a wide range of missions.
15:52But an important point is its combat radius as a fighter in the air superiority, or dogfight,
15:57mode, which is 1,400 kilometers, while in the attack mode with a full load, it's less than 700.
16:04There's a slight problem with this, but apparently the European designers and customers of this
16:08aircraft weren't expecting the enormous ranges over which it would be used, because, as I recall,
16:13its main mission was, after all, airspace defense.
16:16Currently, Eurofighters are involved, among other things, in patrolling the airspace borders on NATO's
16:25northeastern flank, periodically driving Russian aircraft away from their borders.
16:29They perform combat missions there.
16:31As for combat use, by the way, it has participated in every NATO mission since its introduction into
16:36service.
16:37That is, since the mid-1990s, it has participated in every NATO mission that NATO has conducted.
16:43Well, then, it must be said that NATO was no longer conducting such serious, gigantic operations
16:48at that time.
16:50Yes, the Gulf War is over, the war in Yugoslavia is over, so they were used primarily for various
16:56types of patrols.
16:58Again, responsibilities are divided among the consortium members.
17:02They all produce individual components for this aircraft.
17:04For example, Deer Aeronautics produces the half-wing, the rear fuselage section.
17:11Those are the Italians, yes.
17:14By system is a British company, a defense concern, and they produce the cockpit canopy.
17:20Well, that's the canopy that covers the cockpit, the tail stabilizer, and so on.
17:25The aircraft is produced in
17:26four variants, one for each consortium member.
17:31Let me remind you, yes, there was a very big scandal.
17:34In 2017, the Austrian defense minister announced that the Ministry of Defense was suing the
17:42consortium for fraud and deliberate misrepresentation.
17:45This means that Austria allegedly bought Eurofighters because it was given false information about
17:53the cost of operation and modernization.
17:57So, they blew 2 billion then.
17:59Well, it seems like they sorted that whole thing out.
18:02Moreover, in 22, the Austrians ordered additional Eurofighter Typhon aircraft.
18:07So, apparently, they sorted that whole thing out somehow.
18:11Uh, by April 23, 586 aircraft had been produced.
18:17They were exported, including to Saudi Arabia, to Amman Kader, well, that is, to the Gulf states.
18:23Basically, it had some export potential.
18:26It's in service, it flies, and will continue to fly for some time.
18:29Now, it's also in the Turkish Air Force.
18:34It's a fourth-generation aircraft, remember, a good aircraft, quite good, with good performance
18:39characteristics.
18:44Its combat characteristics are unclear due to the fact that, well, how can I say, this
18:49aircraft hasn't been used in a war against the air force of a high-tech state.
18:52That's the problem.
18:56For example, the Saudis used them during the strikes against the Houthis, but the Houthis,
19:01as we know, didn't have their own air force during those strikes.
19:04This raises the question of whether this could change anything.
19:08We just made a separate video.
19:10Remember, we compared the capabilities of the Israeli armed forces and the Turkish armed
19:14forces.
19:15And the main point of that comparison was the air force and the navy, because we will fight
19:19either in the air, or at sea, or both.
19:22Yes, we have practically no chance of meeting on the ground.
19:25By the way, here's a link to that video, you can watch it again.
19:29So, even if we had all the new Euro fighters, it wouldn't change much.
19:36I've said this many times before, I'll repeat it again, the armed forces aren't planes.
19:40And the air force isn't even pilots, the armed forces are a complex whole.
19:45It's a machine in which a lot of different gears, nuts, mechanisms, and so on, all work.
19:52This includes aircraft, pilots, early warning, reconnaissance, air strikes, pilot training,
20:00yes, and, uh, logistics, and ground personnel, and so on, and so on, and so on.
20:07The same goes for the tankers.
20:08And all of this together allows the air force to function as an ideal machine for destruction
20:13and
20:14attack, yes, as we saw in the 12-day war with Iran, what the Israeli air force is like.
20:23In Turkey, in theory, there are still people left in the general staff there, for example,
20:27despite the savage purges carried out by Erdogan, who know the capabilities of the Israeli air
20:32force, our only hope is that they will convey to the leadership, if the leadership is capable
20:38of such things, that they shouldn't even try, because we are at risk of a clash in Syria.
20:44The Turks are actively infiltrating Syria, and Israel is actively countering this, and
20:49we are at risk of a clash over Cyprus and Greece.
20:52Because I don't know if Erdogan will dare to engage in any direct, open conflict with
20:57Greece.
20:57It's unlikely, but they could very well stir up some kind of trouble in Cyprus.
21:02It's protecting the Turkish-speaking population.
21:05It's our ancestral land there, Sultan Suleiman.
21:08And they could come up with some idiotic excuse.
21:11So, I'm absolutely certain that if Turkey somehow tries to attack Cyprus, Israel will defend it.
21:18That is, Israel will be involved in this conflict because we have various strategic partnership
21:23agreements with Cyprus.
21:24Cyprus is considered our very, very loyal ally.
21:28Well, let's hope it doesn't come to that.
21:31The Turks will now play with airplanes, buying 44 of these planes there.
21:35Then, again, the big question is when they will get them.
21:38They still need to be produced.
21:3920 planes, that's no joke.
21:41The used ones, let's say, will be handed over to them by the same Katorians, for example,
21:46Oraman, who will train their pilots there for the time being, retrain them.
21:49Basically, this story will last, let's say, at least a few years.
21:53I haven't come across any precise information about when this contract is supposed to be
21:57completed.
21:57And most importantly, I haven't come across any information about a final, uh, how should
22:02I say, firm contract.
22:04There is an agreement signed by Erdogan and Starmer, respectively.
22:07Yes, that is, the British Prime Minister and, uh, the Turkish President, they signed an agreement.
22:13This agreement should result in some kind of contracts that will already specify the number
22:17of aircraft, their modifications, their cost, and so on, and so on.
22:21And a lot of things need to be specified.
22:24But only after these contracts are signed will deliveries begin, and Amman and Kator cannot
22:29deliver these aircraft without permission from the British.
22:32Let me remind you, there is such a thing as an end-user certificate.
22:36That is, well, it's clear that the British will give their permission, but it will also
22:40all take time, these are all formalities, it will all not happen quickly.
22:44The Turks, of course, are in a hurry, but I believe this contract, even after it's signed,
22:49will still be implemented for several years.
22:52They will be supplied, ground infrastructure needs to be created, or rather, adapted to the
22:57requirements of the new aircraft, and so on.
23:00In short, this story will still develop.
23:03Well, at the same time, we'll see how it all unfolds.
23:06Thanks for watching.
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23:10Bye, everyone.
23:21Alright, alright.
23:27Nobody knows what's in this glass.
23:30Okay, you need to sniff some paper.
23:32B.
23:36Let's start with, uh, a drink.
23:41Oh, great idea.
23:42That's what my colleague suggested.
23:47Any good thing starts with this.
23:50Let's first recall the history, how it all developed.
23:54No, stop, have.
23:56Another drink.
23:56No, that's enough.
23:58Yeah, I'm already all for it.
23:59Yeah, between the first and second.
24:01Yeah, yeah.
24:02Let's start by remembering how the story of acquiring these, uh, planes developed, right?
24:09How did all this, uh, what's the big deal?
24:13First, second.
24:14Naturally, everything.
24:16No, I haven't finished it yet.
24:17We were filming a commercial, uh, well, I was still working in Khabarovsk, and they went
24:25to film a commercial for some beer bar there.
24:27This commercial was being done by one of our divas there.
24:30So she's saying something on camera and sipping beer.
24:33She's talking and sipping beer.
24:35And somewhere around the 15th take, she completely lost her lines, because she'd take a sip of
24:40beer, and they'd pour her some more.
24:42She'd take a sip, and they'd pour her some more.
24:44So somewhere around the 15th take, she couldn't sing anymore, she couldn't draw anymore.
24:48Then we had to choose and even glue together takes, because nothing was possible.
24:57Ah.
24:59Good.
24:59Good.
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