Calling it a Steel Dome and directly comparing air defense with Israel is a little too on the nose.
And is the turn away from foreign missile defense systems a result of Israel’s successful strikes against the Russian-built S-300s in Iran? Turkey just purchased the S-400 from Russia and got US sanctions for the trouble.
Hah, from what I know of him, Erdogan promises some incredible feat every Tuesday. His typical bravado.
Still, I don’t mean to take anything away from the giant strides the Turkish Defence Industry has made over the last decade. Sure, being out of the F-35 program hurts, but who in their right mind would attack Turkey? The terrorists south of them wouldn’t last a week, neither would a hypothetical Kurdish country unless some of the big boys (like us) come to help them against the Turks.
…but then again, the point still stands: who in their right mind would do that?
> Speaking at a ceremony in Ankara to inaugurate the home-made Gokbey helicopter for use by the gendarmerie at the headquarters of the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS), which was targeted by a deadly Kurdish militant attack last week, Erdogan likened the “Steel Dome” to Israel’s famed “Iron Dome”.
> “It is understood much better now how vitally important our multi-layered air defence systems are for our security. If they (Israel) have an ‘Iron Dome’, we will have a ‘Steel Dome’. We won’t look at them and say ‘why don’t we have this’,” Erdogan said, without giving a specific timeline.
Oh yeah? Well then maybe Israel will develop a Adamantium Dome! What say you to that President Gollum?
Is anyone actually launching missiles at Turkey? I think Israel’s systems have gotten so good because of all the real life experience Israel has testing and improving them during thousands of actual rocket attacks by the terrorists.
Steel dome, steel dome…. where did I hear this before?
Eradogan enjoys being a clown honestly. I can’t wait for Turkey’s election to come and to see him kicked off his seat, he doesn’t deserve to be a leader.
if turkey can get “steel dome” out in a year they will have it in time to see the israelis start deploying “iron beam” lasers for another layer of defense.
I don’t doubt that eventually they could get some kind of rocket defense interceptor system set up. The cost will be large but thats true for all new weapons systems.
Maybe I missed it but does turkey have a lot of short range rocket threats to deal with?
Israel kills a Hamas terrorist labeled as a “defenseless child” and Erdogan is mad as hell, but Russia on average daily deliberately kills civilians and he condemns the West for sanctioning Russia. Such a great leader.
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Calling it a Steel Dome and directly comparing air defense with Israel is a little too on the nose.
And is the turn away from foreign missile defense systems a result of Israel’s successful strikes against the Russian-built S-300s in Iran? Turkey just purchased the S-400 from Russia and got US sanctions for the trouble.
Hah, from what I know of him, Erdogan promises some incredible feat every Tuesday. His typical bravado.
Still, I don’t mean to take anything away from the giant strides the Turkish Defence Industry has made over the last decade. Sure, being out of the F-35 program hurts, but who in their right mind would attack Turkey? The terrorists south of them wouldn’t last a week, neither would a hypothetical Kurdish country unless some of the big boys (like us) come to help them against the Turks.
…but then again, the point still stands: who in their right mind would do that?
> Speaking at a ceremony in Ankara to inaugurate the home-made Gokbey helicopter for use by the gendarmerie at the headquarters of the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS), which was targeted by a deadly Kurdish militant attack last week, Erdogan likened the “Steel Dome” to Israel’s famed “Iron Dome”.
> “It is understood much better now how vitally important our multi-layered air defence systems are for our security. If they (Israel) have an ‘Iron Dome’, we will have a ‘Steel Dome’. We won’t look at them and say ‘why don’t we have this’,” Erdogan said, without giving a specific timeline.
Oh yeah? Well then maybe Israel will develop a Adamantium Dome! What say you to that President Gollum?
Is anyone actually launching missiles at Turkey? I think Israel’s systems have gotten so good because of all the real life experience Israel has testing and improving them during thousands of actual rocket attacks by the terrorists.
Steel dome, steel dome…. where did I hear this before?
Eradogan enjoys being a clown honestly. I can’t wait for Turkey’s election to come and to see him kicked off his seat, he doesn’t deserve to be a leader.
if turkey can get “steel dome” out in a year they will have it in time to see the israelis start deploying “iron beam” lasers for another layer of defense.
I don’t doubt that eventually they could get some kind of rocket defense interceptor system set up. The cost will be large but thats true for all new weapons systems.
Maybe I missed it but does turkey have a lot of short range rocket threats to deal with?
Israel kills a Hamas terrorist labeled as a “defenseless child” and Erdogan is mad as hell, but Russia on average daily deliberately kills civilians and he condemns the West for sanctioning Russia. Such a great leader.
/s
Fine, let’s play this game:
Israel: iron dome
Turkey: steel dome
USA: thunder dome
France: cheese dome
Russia: matryoshka dome
China: bamboo dome
UK: king’s dome
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