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  Chinese Su-27s Fly Mock Combat in Turkey

  Posted by David A. Fulghum 3:29 PM on Sep 30, 2010

  An unexpected military cooperative exercise between China and Turkey has caught the eye of Washington-based analysts.The two air forces were involved in a joint air exercise in the... Read More >>

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  Turkish Indigenous MALE UAV (TIHA) Unveiled

  Posted by Noam Eshel 1:45 PM on May 04, 2010

  Addressing the growing demand for tactical, medium altitude long endurance (MALE) UAV platforms, TAI (Turkish Aerospace Industries) has unveiled its latest UAV called TIHA. The new... Read More >>

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  Israel Monitors Syria-Turkey Military Drill

  Posted by Noam Eshel 1:10 PM on Apr 29, 2010

  Syria and Turkey held three days of joint military exercises earlier this week, raising some concerns within the Israeli defense establishment about the strengthening ties between ... Read More >>

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  Malaysia To acquire Turkish 8x8 Pars APC Production

  Posted by Noam Eshel 3:36 PM on Apr 26, 2010

  The Malaysian Defense ministry selected the Malaysian company DRB-Hicom Defence Technologies (Deftech) as prime contractor to locally produce and supply 257 8x8 wheeled armored per... Read More >>

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  Israel Military Industries Completes Turkish Tank Upgrade Project

  Posted by Noam Eshel 7:35 PM on Apr 22, 2010

  At an official ceremony held at the 2nd Turkish Army Depot at Kayseri, the last upgraded  M-60A1 was presented to the Turkish Army. Israel Military Industries was the prime co... Read More >>

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  Greece Forced to Make Drastic Cuts in Military Spending

  Posted by Christina Mackenzie 2:38 PM on Feb 19, 2010

  Greece's serious financial troubles are going to affect their military spending. Yhe highest in the European Union and second in NATO only to the United States, the Greeks spend 2.... Read More >>

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  Smart Turks

  Posted by Nicholas Fiorenza 4:24 PM on Jan 28, 2010

  Turkey is installing Smart-S Mk2 3D medium-range surface radars on a total of 10 of its warships. In cooperation with the radar's producer, Thales Nederland, Turkish defe... Read More >>

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  Roket Progress - Reports From DSEI

  Posted by Douglas Barrie 5:52 AM on Sep 09, 2009

  Turkish weapons company Roketsan is hoping to see its Cirit semi-active laser guided missile enter service in the first quarter of 2010.The helicopter-launched weapon has been inte... Read More >>

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  Picture: AgustaWestland Unveils AW149 for Turkey

  Posted by Graham Warwick 3:43 PM on Apr 27, 2009

  AgustaWestland has unveiled a full-scale mockup of the TUHP 149, a version of the still-to-be-flown AW149 being offered for the Turkish Utility Helicopter Program. The 8.1-ton medi... Read More >>

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  Waiting for Your F-35s? Buy Some F-16s

  Posted by Graham Warwick 10:41 PM on Feb 24, 2009

  While we debate the merits of the F-35, Lockheed Martin has just received a tidy $797 million contract for 30 more F-16s for Turkey. Hardly a surprise, as the sale has been in the ... Read More >>

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