Turkey expands its amphibious capabilities

[Manuel I Komnenos]

Landing Ship Tank (LST) Project
Objective: The new generation Landing Ship Tank is a fast amphibious vessel of upper-intermediate size with its significant armament power. She will play the major role of power projection with transporting huge quantities of fire support elements and marines in order to conduct amphibious operations. She also acts as a flag ship and logistic support vessel.


Scope: 2 LST Ships


Project Model: Privately Owned Turkish Shipyard


Main Contractor:
Due to the executive commitee decission helded on 6th , January 2010, ADİK Shipyard have been awarded and negotions on technical part of the contract between SSM and ADİK Shipyard have been started.


Contract Date:
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Status : It is expected to sign the contract at the end of March, 2011.

Landing Craft Tank (LCT) Project
Objective: Acquisition of Landing Craft Tank in order to meet the operational requirements of Turkish Naval Forces.


Scope: 8 Landing Craft Tanks


Project Model: Privately Owned National Shipyards.


Main Contractor: ADİK - FURTRANS Business Partnership


Contract Date: 17 June 2009


Status: First 2 ship landed on the sea. 3rd Ship will be landed on the sea, March 2011.

http://www.ssm.gov.tr/home/projects/...falar/LST.aspx

So, Turkey is currently building several super-modern LST and LCT ships with Genesis weapon systems and capabilities to transfer a whole brigade in an island. And I just wonder why? Who is the fantastic enemy of Turkey that has to be attacked with amphibious ships? Bankrupt Greece? For God's shake Turkey.

[PointOfViewGun]

Didn't we talk this back when Jo made that paranoic thread that Turkey was trying invade Greek islands?
Are Greeks really that scared?

[Akrotatos]

Didn't we talk this back when Jo made that paranoic thread that Turkey was trying invade Greek islands?
Are Greeks really that scared?

To be fair what else would you use landing craft for? Fight PKK??

[Yosemite]

To be fair what else would you use landing craft for? Fight PKK??

why would russia and usa get thousands of nuclear missiles

[PointOfViewGun]

To be fair what else would you use landing craft for? Fight PKK??

Why does Greece still buys new and continues to maintain weapons? Who are they gonna use them against? Nazis? See how retarded such line of thought can be?

Turkish army is trying to be a high class army and they require every single capability to become one. It's only logical for a state which is surrounded by seas on three sides to have such naval capacities. They can also play a crucial role in the upcoming earthquake that is to happen in Marmara.

Tell me why the hell Spanish Navy has LPDs? Are they staging an attack on Italy? Or Italy? Why do they have LPDs? Even Malta has landing docks for s sake...

So, how about Sultanate of Rum? It has both "Sultanate" and "Rum" in the title which would satisfy both Greeks and Muslims.

Actually, it wouldn't satisfy Greeks. Sultanate of Rum is something like a predecessor of Ottoman Empire.

[Crimson Scythe]

To be fair what else would you use landing craft for? Fight PKK??

How about playing a bigger role in the wider region? Imagine that the international community decided to send troops into, say, Libya or Yemen to calm the situation. Having such landing craft would mean that Turkey could take a leading role, and thereby increase its international status. They can also be used for peaceful missions, like delivering aid or evacuating Turkish citizens (as in the case of Libya).

Greece isn't that important to Turkey. Get over it.

Lol wut? I don't even... Dude, deal with your ethnic minorities (Kurds) instead of blaming Greece for them. ok?

For example, here is a nice tip: In the next elections, don't ban Kurdish candidates from running for office.

Let's see: Ocalan was caught while the guest of the Greek embassy in Kenya, despite the fact that he was an internationally wanted terrorist leader. Not to mention the fact that he was in possession of a fake Cyprus passport. I'd say that Greece and Greek Cyprus were doing some pretty shady business and playing at the supporting-terrorists game much like Syria or Iran. Interesting, no?

Second, don't pull useless advice out of the air, especially when it's based on misinformation. The vast majority of the BDP's candidates are running (and running their mouths off) as we speak, including many of those who had originally been banned for their prior convictions (from what I understand it was more of a bureaucratic issue).

But maybe more importantly, Greece should worry about its current problems, rather than about paranoid fears about being invaded by Turkey. While we know that the Greek world consists of Greece at the center of everything with Turkey on the outside looking in, the reality is that Greece is not that important, least of all with regards to Turkey's international ambitions. Greece isn't a threat in Turkish eyes, but is more like an annoying little step-brother that is always cooking up plans to get Turkey into trouble. And it will be treated as such with appropriate mild contempt and disgust towards its attitude.

I await the argument that Greece is in economic trouble because it has to defend itself from the big bad Turk...

[alhoon]

Didn't we talk this back when Jo made that paranoic thread that Turkey was trying invade Greek islands?
Are Greeks really that scared?

Yes we are that scared. None of us wants a war with Turkey but many of us fear it will come sooner or later, especially with our current economic situation.

[boofhead]

Don't worry Greece. If Turkey invades (which is highly unlikely), Europe will help you out and throw them back into the sea.

[Yosemite]

Don't worry Greece. If Turkey invades (which is highly unlikely), Europe will help you out and throw them back into the sea.

what kind of retarded post is this

[boofhead]

what kind of retarded post is this

What was retarded about it?

[Yosemite]

What was retarded about it?

it implied turkey is going to risk it's ass by going to war with greece

as if greece was that important in the first place

[boofhead]

it implied turkey is going to risk it's ass by going to war with greece

as if greece was that important in the first place

I said it was highly unlikely. That's not any implication that I think they would.

[Jagdpanzer]

Don't worry Greece. If Turkey invades (which is highly unlikely), Europe will help you out and throw them back into the sea.

More likely that Europe will look the other way if the Turks promise to pay the Greek's state debt. Should save the rest of Europe a lot of money.

[SPECTREtm]

Don't worry Greece. If Turkey invades (which is highly unlikely), Europe will help you out and throw them back into the sea.

By now I believe it's the otherway around... Eitherway, Greek paraonia is becoming boring.

[Treize]

Don't worry Greece. If Turkey invades (which is highly unlikely), Europe will help you out and throw them back into the sea.

With what?

[Manuel I Komnenos]

With what?

Indeed. Is there any country in Europe that maintains a large and capable military? Aside from France I don't see anyone.

[Blaze86420]

All those scare-mongering threads on Turkey are the same. Its always a Greek or an Armenian trying to make Turkey look bad and everyone sees throught it, blah blah blah. Then we get Babur and Hellheaven making unoriginal, lame, and repetitive Ottoman jokes (still love you guys), blah blah blah. And of course, the thread then devolves into a mud sling fest/argument about the Armenian genocide/"genocide".

Blah blah blah.

[the_mango55]

Then we get Babur and Hellheaven making unoriginal, lame, and repetitive Ottoman jokes (still love you guys), blah blah blah.

Who bases an empire on the idea of putting your feet up?

[Babur]

. Then we get Babur and Hellheaven making unoriginal, lame, and repetitive Ottoman jokes (still love you guys)

you don't like the Ottomans?

anyway why is there paranoia about Turkey in Greece?

[Menelik_I]

you don't like the Ottomans?

Don't whorry Babur ... we can always promote the Mamluk Sultanate ... after all Memhet Ali was promised the Peloponese by the Ottoman Sutlan

By now I believe it's the otherway around... Eitherway, Greek paraonia is becoming boring.

Are you on for an anxiety pill export scheme to Greece ... we will become rich.