{"id":2372,"date":"2017-07-10T16:33:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T16:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=2372"},"modified":"2017-07-10T16:33:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T16:33:09","slug":"why-does-turkey-want-an-aircraft-carrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2017\/07\/10\/why-does-turkey-want-an-aircraft-carrier\/","title":{"rendered":"WHY DOES TURKEY WANT AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sourced : War is Boring<\/p>\n

By Paul Iddon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Upon overseeing the launch of a domestically-built corvette in July 2017, Turkish Pres. Recep Tayyip Erdogan voiced his country\u2019s goal of building \u201cour own aircraft carriers\u201d<\/a><\/span> as part of Ankara\u2019s efforts to \u201cbecome independent in the field of defense by 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must move even faster,\u201d Erdogan declared. \u201cWe are proud of our ability to build military ships, especially construction of submarines.\u201d<\/p>\n

Erdogan\u2019s remark isn\u2019t necessarily far-fetched. It comes more than\u00a0a year after Turkey began construction<\/a><\/span> on the TCG Anadolu<\/i>, an amphibious assault ship based on Spain\u2019s Juan Carlos I<\/i>. This light aircraft carrier, which Turkey aims to launch in three years time, will eventually become the flagship of the Turkish navy and may even carry six F-35B Joint Strike Fighters, which can take off and land vertically.<\/p>\n

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Turkey already has plans to become an F-35 operator and may well purchase these variants.<\/p>\n

Alternatively, the Anadolu<\/i> could serve purely as a helicopter carrier, carrying TAI\/AgustaWestland T129 helicopter gunships, which Turkey co-produced with Italy, along with Chinook-sized heavy-lift helicopters. Spain\u2019s Juan Carlos I<\/em>, in addition to acting as a troop-carrying ship, carries Spain\u2019s current AV-8B Harrier jump jets.<\/p>\n

Image Sourced : National Interest<\/p>\n

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