Turkey Needs To Follow UAE’s Lead And Acquire A 4.5-Generation Stopgap Fighter

The United Arab Emirates' landmark deal to procure 80 cutting-edge Dassault Rafale multirole fighter jets from France gives the Emirati Air Force a highly formidable interim solution until it finally takes delivery of F-35 Lightning IIs or another fifth-generation fighter. Turkey, on the other hand, still needs a similar stopgap solution and may find itself in a bind if the U.S. refuses to sell the advanced F-16s and modernization kits Ankara recently requested.

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