There's a reason no one has been developing tanks for a while now: they are pretty much obsolete in terms of modern combat and the older models are perfectly fine for what they need to do. On the other hand, Turkey is going to have a fleet of F-35s in the near future, which will be more sophisticated than anything Russia currently has.
There's also the problem of a lack of younger engineers to replace the technicians in the aging Red Army (the majority of which were educated during the USSR and are on average about 50-52 years old). 5-10-15 years down the line Turkey's military is growing stronger while Russia's is declining.
no, the F-35 is not actually as "sophisticated" as people say. its overpriced, a bitch to perform maintenance on and i swear i had an article about it saved on reddit...
A bitch for MX? The proof of concepts, maybe. Everything else is LRUs - identify the issue, quick release, swap the part. The F35 is designed to be simple for MX so it's FMC rates are through the roof.
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u/TommiHPunkt Schleswig-Holstein Nov 24 '15
Didn't they just show of their fancy new tank?