F-35 vs S-400: Did Turkey's S-400 Gamble Backfire As Erdogan Pleads For Old Jets To Restore Air Power?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Israel already operates a highly customized version of F-35, known as the F-35 Adir.
55% : Israel has signed contracts for a total of 75 F-35Is, with the remaining 29 expected to be delivered by 2030.
53% : In the Iran-Israel war, Israel's F-35I "Adir" jets, customized with extended-range fuel systems and domestically developed electronic warfare suites, conducted deep-penetration raids inside Iran under Operation Rising Lion.
51% : Despite the presence of these AD systems, Israel was able to hit these countries with no apparent trouble, increasing anxieties in Ankara.
47% : In the region, Turkey has two primary adversaries: Israel and Greece.
42% : The F-35's ability to detect, geolocate, and neutralize radar-emitting threats, such as Russian-supplied air defense systems, enabled Israel to dismantle Iran's command-and-control networks, blinding its defenses for subsequent strikes.
41% : During the last two years, Israel has struck Syria, Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen, and Qatar.
41% : The F-35 has also proven itself in combat in the recent Israel-Iran war, where the IDF was able to launch multiple air strikes inside Iran with no trouble.
34% : Turkey has concluded that it simply can not wait years for KAAN to become operational and needs a potent stopgap solution in the meantime to maintain credible deterrence against Israel and Greece as well.

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