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Turkey: Life imprisonment for coup participants against Turkish President Erdogan

Military officers and civilians accused of participating in the failed coup in Turkey in 2016 were sentenced on Thursday by a court in Ankara to multiple unconditional life sentences, the Anatolia agency reported

Turkish tank, Altay, ‘got stuck’ and seeks help from South Korea

Turkey already had to have a "local" main battle tank, but this has never happened in recent months. The Altay tank is stuck in a quagmire of technological problems and is panicking for help from South Korea to provide technological solutions.

Greece officially asked to buy stealth F-35 fighters from the United States

Greece has officially sent a request to the United States for the acquisition of 18-24 stealth multi-role fighter-bomber F-35 from 2021, reports the newspaper Proto Thema, citing information from the Greek Ministry of Defense

France wants more ships in the Mediterranean as a signal to Turkish authorities

France does not intend to forget about its strategic interests in the Mediterranean Sea and is creating a special group of ships to operate in the most conflicting eastern part of this basin

Turkish army will use transport and logistic drones in the near future

Turkish company TAI is working on the development of the so-called cargo drones, which will aim to provide logistics and transport of various cargoes in conflict battle zones

Turkish unmanned vessel will ‘cross’ the seas in the next military conflicts

Such a weapon will also be the latest development of Turkish military engineers, who have developed and will soon put into operation an unmanned ship of the Turkish navy.

Romania will modernize its F-16 fighter jets, the US State Department announced

The US State Department has approved the sale of modernization packages and work on the Romanian F-16 multi-role aircraft, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing the Polish news agency Defence24.

Turkish drone Aksungur is a real threat for Russian T-90 and T-14 Armata tanks

With a lot of arrogance and arrogance after the successes of the Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles in Armenia, the Turks took … a large force and threaten to destroy Russian tanks, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.

Greece, India to co-operate in defense to oppose Turkish-Pakistani axis

Last Thursday , The Greek Foreign Minister held an in-depth and constructive conversation-analysis with his Indian counterpart on this topic, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing various Greek sources.

Turkish wheeled combat vehicle goes to Africa in a deal worth nearly $110M

The Turkish Otokar concern has received a contract worth a total of approximately US $ 110 million for the supply of Arma 8 × 8 and Cobra II 4 × 4 wheeled combat vehicles with a training and support package for an undisclosed African state

Bulgaria will receive two F-16 fighters from the US completely free of charge

Bulgarian media have reported in recent days that the US government will donate two F-16 fighters to the Bulgarian Air Force completely free of charge. The news went around the media, but it seems that the most important thing was not announced.

Speed is the key in the competition between the F-35 and Rafale … for Greece

It was known that the United States had agreed to sell 20 F-35A multi-role aircraft to Greece. Its source is the Greek media, which are pleased to add that some of these machines were previously intended for Turkey, and will now receive "white and blue markings".

Greece and Turkey canceled their own military maneuvers in the Aegean Sea

Both Greece and Turkey canceled sea maneuvers planned for the end of October, learned BulgarianMilitary.com according some Turkish sources. Both were to take place in the Aegean Sea, where there are disputes over sea areas around the Greek islands.

Turkey’s S-400 missile systems without NATO integration and this is a huge problem

The spokeswoman of the Turkish Ministry of Defense Nadide Sebnem Aktop, said that her country would activate the purchased Russian anti-aircraft aircraft missile systems S-400, even if they are not integrated into NATO air defense

Greece wants from Germany to cut off arms supplies to Turkey

Against the background of military conflicts in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, quiet political-military diplomacy is being conducted on the European continent at the request of Greece, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.

Greece may acquire four warships through joint production with the US

According to a publication in the US military online magazine, Defense News, Washington has offered Athens to sell four battle frigates, three of which will be produced in the Greek state by including local shipyards in the project.

Romania buys Kongsberg naval strike missiles from the United States

The US Department of State has cleared the potential sale of Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) anti-ship missile systems originally developed by Norwegian Kongsberg to Romania.

Resolution on Turkey’s expulsion from NATO was tabled in the US Congress

Action expected in recent months has begun to find its logical explanation in the actions of Ms. Tulsi Gabbard, a congresswoman and member of the US House of Representatives. Ms. Gabbard submitted a resolution to the US House of Representatives to expel Turkey from NATO

Greek S-300 missile systems are preparing to fire, and this has worried Turkey

Exactly seven years ago, the Greek missile forces performed the first test and fired a missile from the S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems purchased from Russia. Seven years after this test, Greece is ready to repeat the same.

Bulgaria will pay its newest warships in an unclear financial scheme with many questions

The value of the modernization program is BGN 984 million with VAT , which according to the investment project approved by the parliament must be paid within nine years.

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