Turkey to design and produce its own fighter jet
Middle East • December 2010 • Views: 494
Allocating $20 million for initial design study, it spurns an offer to buy Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft; Officials say plan doesn’t make sense.
It makes sense, you just have to find the context in which it makes sense. If you see the world moving away from fossil fuels, if you see Iran’s grand plans falling apart, if you see an Egypt that is internally weak, a Lebanon that is internally weaker than Egypt—not a bad idea to develop the clout to dominate both the Middle East and Europe. Hello Ottomans.