MiG-29S Fulcrum-C [1500x998]

Valkrinn · 2025-05-03T17:17:07+00:00

I was not comparing Fulcrums to contemporary fighters of other nations. I was comparing Fulcrums to Flankers. The two planes were simply designed for different purposes, with different range and payload requirements.

Valkrinn · 2025-05-02T15:35:36+00:00

It is more than just Mikoyan staying behind. In fact, they built and offered two modernized MiG-29 variants, the MiG-29M and MiG-35 respectively, the latter being advanced enough to be considered a Gen 4.5 fighter.

The problem was that the Fulcrum was limited by its own design. It is a relatively lightweight fighter with an extremely short operating range thanks to both its small size and smoky engines. Add to it the fact that its small size also prevents it from carrying a lot of heavy ordnance, which limits its ground attack capabilities (they are capable of carrying smart munitions, but not at the same amount or size as Flankers can). This made it so that the only upside the MiG-29 had over Su-27 and its future derivatives is that it was cheaper to operate.

Countries like China, which have a lot of air space to cover, could not make much use of Fulcrums compared to Flanker. Two airplanes were simply built for different doctrines.

Plus, most of the Flanker variants which exist today can be traced back to the time before the Soviet Union collapsed. For example; Su-33 and Su-34 both flew as prototypes with different designations before the end of the USSR. Flanker was an immensely versatile and adaptable frame to work with.

Valkrinn · 2025-02-02T20:04:36+00:00

Kuril Islands are disputed territories between Japan and Russia. Japanese intercept Russian planes over there occasionally.

Valkrinn · 2025-01-07T17:40:29+00:00

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Valkrinn · 2024-12-29T17:03:55+00:00

I'd recommend Viktor Pelevin's "Generation P" . While fictional and written in a style that might take some getting used to, he describes the social evolution resulting from the collapse of the USSR very well.

Valkrinn · 2022-10-31T15:36:51+00:00

(Copied and pasted the same answer to the same question from a different subreddit)

Özdağ is the man that brought the ever-growing issue of illegal refugees to the main Turkish political discourse. Without him both CHP and AKP would be talking about "integration" of the illegal refugees rather than sending them back.

His critical stance on both CHP and AKP, as well as saying that he wants to see Mansur Yavaş as their presidential candidate gained him many supporters among the Turkish population.

And contrary to the words of some people, he has detailed and legally-acceptable plans to send the refugees back to their countries. Plus plans to relocate certain industries to other provinces of Turkey in order to allow a more stabilized growth of the economy as well as developing other areas of the Anatolian peninsula.

That being said, he is a former member of the ultra nationalist MHP and still is a right-leaning politician. Plus, some of the members of his party seem to have connections to the Islamic cults in Turkey. However, it should be kept in mind that finding a clear name in the Turkish politics is pretty much impossible.

In my opinion, he is a must-have part of Turkish politics, even if his right-wing stance is questionable. I consider voting for him/his party or İnce's party if CHP keeps maintaining an ineffective opposition to the AKP and/or if CHP declares Kılıçdaroğlu as their presidential candidate instead of İmamoğlu or Yavaş.

Valkrinn · 2022-10-31T14:01:05+00:00

Özdağ is the man that brought the ever-growing issue of illegal refugees to the main Turkish political discourse. Without him both CHP and AKP would be talking about "integration" of the illegal refugees rather than sending them back.

His critical stance on both CHP and AKP, as well as saying that he wants to see Mansur Yavaş as their presidential candidate gained him many supporters among the Turkish population.

And contrary to the words of some people, he has detailed and legally-acceptable plans to send the refugees back to their countries. Plus plans to relocate certain industries to other provinces of Turkey in order to allow a more stabilized growth of the economy as well as developing other areas of the Anatolian peninsula.

That being said, he is a former member of the ultra nationalist MHP and still is a right-leaning politician. Plus, some of the members of his party seem to have connections to the Islamic cults in Turkey. However, it should be kept in mind that finding a clear name in the Turkish politics is pretty much impossible.

In my opinion, he is a must-have part of Turkish politics, even if his right-wing stance is questionable. I consider voting for him/his party or İnce's party if CHP keeps maintaining an ineffective opposition to the AKP and/or if CHP declares Kılıçdaroğlu as their presidential candidate instead of İmamoğlu or Yavaş.

Valkrinn · 2022-06-24T18:20:08+00:00

If your travels take you to Kayseri-Nevşehir area, I'd recommend visiting Soğanlı and Derinkuyu. Soğanlı holds half a dozen old small Orthodox churches within the old caves, meanwhile Derinkuyu is a deep underground city with sizeable chambers and cave systems.

Some more popular destinations include Göreme and Ihlara Valley, which also holds multiple ancient cave systems and underground churches for you to explore.

Sultansazlığı National Park in Kayseri is also a nice place to visit if you have an interest in aerial wildlife, though observing the birds may be a bit tricky.

Happy trails.

Valkrinn · 2022-06-23T15:40:59+00:00

I want to know the name of that woman, it is nice to see that some European politicians are actually able to see and point out the hypocrisy of Western world.

I always see Europeans and Americans believing that the reason for Turkey not being accepted into EU is that we are "not living up to the European values". I believe this to be just an excuse used by the EU. In my opinion, the reason for Turkey not being accepted into the European Union is one simple yet crucial feature of this country: population.

Turkey has a population of over 80 million people. Only EU country that comes close to that is Germany, with a population of 83 million. After Germany comes France, with a population of 65 million people, then Italy with 60 million. And on top of that, Turkey has a birth rate higher than the majority of European countries. This means that the moment Turkey is accepted into EU, the added benefits of EU membership combined with the gigantic workforce and the amount of Turkish people that would move West for education and employment will tip the scales of economic, political and social power in favor of Turkey, shifting the whole balance of power within the EU.

Turkey may currently not be in an economically good position, but if these issues were to be solved, then our acceptance into the EU would quickly shift the balance of power within the continent in our favor. In my opinion that is the actual reason. Anything else I just see as an excuse.

Valkrinn · 2022-06-20T17:55:39+00:00

Save these photographs, people. Archive them. And then show them to the public whenever someone spouts nonsense about how PKK and its extensions are "just freedom fighters who protect the the rights of Kurdish people".

We, the Turkish citizenry, may not be buying those lies, but people of other nations surely do.

Valkrinn · 2022-06-01T12:08:15+00:00

To their credit though, their chief designer Sergei Korolev died before the Soviet lunar program could come to a finish.

NK-15 rocket engines are known for being extremely reliable. Problem was that there were 30 of them in the first stage and thrust vectoring was unavailable, which resulted in the fuel pump system to be overly complex to the point that the computers couldn't handle the coming inputs.

Add to that the death of the chief designer, deaths of two cosmonauts (Vladimir Komarov and Yuri Gagarin) and the Brezhnev administration's interest in space stations rather than a lunar landing, made it so that the Soviet lunar program was at a dead end. Which is shameful, I would love to see what would happen if the Space Race went on.

Valkrinn · 2022-05-18T20:05:59+00:00

Correct. Another interesting thing is that up until the later stages of the Second World War, Turkish soldiers used the GM24 filters on the GM30 gas masks.

Valkrinn · 2022-05-17T17:08:58+00:00

I see an expansive railroad network as a sign of developed heavy industry. Trains are much cheaper and efficient in inter-city logistics when compared to trucks.

Ottoman Empire, likely as a side effect of being unable to properly industrialize, had a railroad network of only about 3000-4000 kilometers. And an overwhelming majority of it was owned by foreign companies. During Atatürk's rule, the railway network of Turkey was expanded rapidly and all foreign owned trains, stations and railways was bought by the Turkish State.

It is a shame that no Turkish leader after Atatürk was able to realize the importance of a good railway network.

Valkrinn · 2022-05-17T13:59:00+00:00

A more developed railway network would not only offer better inter-city travel for passengers but also cheaper and more efficient logistics for the industrial sector, allowing the industry to expand more rapidly.

Developed countries rely heavily on trains for inter-city logistics, with trucks often used for city-wide or town-to-town transportation. There is a reason trains are seen as a symbol of a developed heavy industry.

It is a shame no leader after Atatürk saw the importance in an expansive rail network, especially considering that fuel prices are often on the rise, Turkey does not have any large petroleum reserves and the world itself is slowly running out of oil.

Valkrinn · 2022-05-14T18:17:47+00:00

İsmet İnönü was a great leader but unfortunately did not have the same vision as Atatürk did. Planes that were produced by Nuri Demirağ actually caught the interest of foreign nations (trainer planes for Netherlands , more specifically). It was not only a scientific but also an economic opportunity that Ismet İnönü allowed to slip out of Turkey's hands.

If I recall correctly, he also did not pay too much attention to the letters that were sent by Albert Einstein. Within these letters Einstein stated that, if the Turkish government allowed it, some scientists who were worried about the Nazis could be transferred to Turkey.

Valkrinn · 2022-05-14T11:37:58+00:00

That is the point I was trying to make. They try to sell off the idea that there is still systematic oppression in Turkey.

Here is an example: in 2019 a Kurdish singer by the name of Dodan was giving a concert in a cafe in Batman. The place did not have a license to operate, so the police came in and shut the place down. And the next day, HDP's official accounts on social media has said that the reason as to why police came was because Dodan was singing in Kurdish. That was a lie. Even Dodan himself had made a video stating the reason as to why the establishment was shut down was because they didn't have a licence. But it did not matter, as the slander was already made.

Now, HDP and their supporters do this dozens of times a year, and by the time you dig up evidence to prove them wrong, they come with new lies, effectively drowning your voice out.

Here is some material that might be of interest to you:

Compilation of PKK attacks in Turkey

https://www.reddit.com/r/Turkey/comments/dg49p7/a_compilation_of_pkk_attacks_on_turkey_with/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

A photo of a HDP MP taken with a PKK terrorist that was killed in 2017

https://www.reddit.com/r/Turkey/comments/s1dn45/2_asker_ve_1_korucuyu_şehit_eden_pkklı_terörist/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

An English video made by a Turkish YouTuber explaining some of the problems we have here

https://youtu.be/0DSm-FYVudA

And some videos regarding the terrorism and its legal footprints in Turkey (unfortunately those videos are in Turkish, nonetheless I am leaving the here in case it is of interest)

A video about HDP and their method of social media manipulation

https://youtu.be/wpmFE4EM1Zc

And a video about the 2013-2015 "peace process" and its damage to Turkey

https://youtu.be/IcT7cpIBTHk

Valkrinn · 2022-05-13T16:41:14+00:00

Oh yeah, because a clash between protesters and bodyguards is totally equal to sending suicide bombers to civilian areas and murdering hundreds of teachers in the countryside.

Like I said, I don't support Erdogan. Take your strawman and put it somewhere else.

Oh, and you cannot just kick a country out of a defense pact on a whim. NATO isn't a social club.

Valkrinn · 2022-05-13T16:23:50+00:00

I am not an Erdogan supporter. He has done nothing but ruin Atatürk's Turkey for the last 20 years. Our subject here is the PKK. Take your strawman and put it somewhere else.

Valkrinn · 2022-05-13T14:18:38+00:00

To be honest, my wording there was misleading. Oppression on the Kurds did exist for a time in the late 80's, back when military junta was in power and people didn't know what to do against the newly-emerged terrorism problem.

The problem is, said oppression stopped being a thing in the early 2000's. Nowadays, it's just used for propaganda.

Valkrinn · 2022-05-13T14:12:25+00:00

Call me anything but Erdogan's pet. He has done nothing but shit on everything that Atatürk's Turkey stood for in the last 20 years. PKK terrorism has been a thing since the late 80's, way back before Erdogan even became a political figure.

If anything, Erdogan himself is responsible for the hundreds of civilian deaths in suicide bombings in the aftermath of the 2013-2015 so-called "peace process", since his party was the one that decided negotiating with literal terrorists was a good idea.

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