Txawm hais tias Qaib Cov Txwv tau Modernized F-16s, Tim Nkij teb chaws tseem yuav muaj kev thev naus laus zis hauv huab cua

Lub 2022 NATO Madrid Summit xaus rau hnub Thursday, Lub Rau Hli 30. Cov lus hais los ntawm Asmeskas Thawj Tswj Hwm Joe Biden thiab Greek Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Kyriakos Mitsotakis nyob rau hnub kawg ntawm lub rooj sib tham tuaj yeem muab qee qhov kev nkag siab ntxov rau dab tsi Greek thiab Turkish huab cua tuaj yeem zoo li thaum kawg. ntawm xyoo caum no.

Thawj Tswj Hwm Biden tau hais rau lub rooj sib tham hauv xov xwm tias Tebchaws Meskas txhawb nqa kev muag cov dav hlau F-16 niaj hnub rau Turkey.

Hnub Tuesday, Qaib Cov Txwv tau pom zoo los tshem tawm nws qhov kev tawm tsam ua ntej rau Finland thiab Sweden koom nrog kev koom tes. Biden tsis kam lees nws qhov kev txhawb nqa rau F-16 muag yog rov qab los rau Qaib Cov Txwv qhov kev pom zoo tseem ceeb ntawm ob lub tebchaws Nordic kev lees paub, taw qhia tias nws tau tshaj tawm nws qhov kev pom zoo ua ntej qhov teeb meem no txawm tshwm sim.

"Kuv tau hais rov qab rau lub Kaum Ob Hlis, raws li koj yuav nco qab, peb yuav tsum muag lawv lub dav hlau F-16 thiab kho cov dav hlau no zoo ib yam," nws hais. "Nws tsis yog peb qhov kev txaus siab tsis ua qhov ntawd."

"Thiab tsis muaj quid pro quo nrog qhov ntawd," nws hais ntxiv. "Nws tsuas yog qhov uas peb yuav tsum muag, tab sis kuv xav tau kev pom zoo los ntawm Congress kom muaj peev xwm ua tau. Thiab kuv xav tias peb tuaj yeem ua qhov ntawd. "

Biden tau xa mus rau qhov kev thov Turkish lub Kaum Hli dhau los los yuav 40 tshiab Block 70/72 F-16s thiab 80 cov khoom siv kho tshiab rau nws cov nkoj uas twb muaj lawm hauv qhov kev pom zoo muaj nqis txog $ 6 nphom. Qaib ntxhw xav tau cov tshiab fighter-bombers thiab cov khoom siv niaj hnub no kom nws cov tub rog huab cua hloov mus rau niaj hnub, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog txij li nws tau txwv tsis pub yuav lub thib tsib tiam F-35 Lightning II dav hlau tom qab nws txoj hmoo yuav ntawm Lavxias S-400 huab cua tiv thaiv missile systems. .

Greek Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Kyriakos Mitsotakis kuj tau hais rau lub rooj sib tham Madrid tias nws lub tebchaws tau xa tsab ntawv thov mus yuav ib pab tub rog ntawm F-35s, 20 aircraft raws li Greek cov thawj coj, nrog rau qhov kev xaiv tau rau qhov thib ob, lossis txog li 40 F-35s tag nrho.

Mitsotakis tau lees paub tias nws yuav yog txheej txheem ntev los ntawm kev txiav txim kom tau txais lub dav hlau, kwv yees tias Athens yuav tsis xa cov dav hlau stealth mus txog thaum tsawg kawg 2027-28.

"Ib feem ntawm cov txheej txheem no yog kev xa Daim Ntawv Thov, uas tau tshwm sim nyob rau hnub tsis ntev los no," nws hais.

Yog tias ob qho kev pom zoo no tau pom zoo, Hellenic Air Force (HAF) tseem yuav muaj kev thev naus laus zis dhau ntawm Turkey lub dav hlau loj dua.

As yav dhau los tau piav qhia ntawm no, yog tias Tebchaws Meskas tsis tso cai rau Qaib Cov Txwv los yuav cov F-16s tshiab thiab cov khoom siv kho tshiab no, HAF yuav zoo li yuav xaus rau kev ua haujlwm ntau dua technologically-advanced fighter nkoj los ntawm lig 2020s.

Ntawm qhov tod tes, yog tias Athens tau txais nws pab tub rog ntawm F-35s thiab Ankara nws cov F-16s tshiab thiab cov khoom siv kho tshiab, tus qub yuav tseem muaj qhov zoo tshaj plaws technology. Thiab tsis yog vim nws tsuas yog ib qho nrog cov dav hlau thib tsib tiam.

Tim Nkij teb chaws twb tau txais daim ntawv cog lus los txhim kho 84 HAF F-16s rau Thaiv 72 kev teeb tsa. Lockheed Martin yuav ua tiav daim ntawv cog lus ntawd nyob rau nruab nrab-2027. Yog li, txawm tias Biden tus thawj coj tuaj yeem yeej qhov kev pom zoo los ntawm Congress rau Turkish F-16 deal sai sai, uas yog deb ntawm kev lees paub, Tim Nkij teb chaws tseem yuav teb 84 kev hloov kho tshiab F-16 ua ntej Turkey ua.

Tsis tas li ntawd, tim Nkij teb chaws kuj tseem yuav pib xa cov F-35s nyob ib ncig ntawm tib lub sijhawm Lockheed Martin ua tiav kev txhim kho cov HAF F-16s, xav tias nws tuaj yeem lav qhov kev pom zoo rau tsawg kawg ib pab tub rog, uas tsis zoo li. Yav dhau los Athens tau tshaj tawm hais tias nws txaus siab rau yuav ob txhais tes F-35s, uas txhais tau tias nws yuav tau lub dav hlau ua ntej me ntsis.

Thiab qhov ntawd tsis tau hais txog 24 4.5-tiam Dassault Rafale F3R dav hlau tim Nkij teb chaws twb tau pib xa tawm ntawm Fabkis, uas yog siab tshaj txhua lub dav hlau hauv Turkish arsenal.

Ua ntej hnub Thursday lub rooj sib tham, tsoomfwv Turkish tshaj tawm txiav txim siab yuav Eurofighter Typhoons los ntawm United Kingdom yog tias nws tsis ua tiav ntawm F-16 deal. London tshem tawm tag nrho cov riam phom xa tawm txwv nws tau txwv rau Ankara dhau nws lub Kaum Hli 2019 kev ua tub rog hla ciam teb rau Syria hauv lub Tsib Hlis, ua kom muag tau. UK kuj tau tshaj tawm thawb rau Eurofighter muag rau Turkey.

Kev yuav Eurofighters yuav ua rau muaj kev nkag siab ntau rau Turkey. Lawv tuaj yeem ua haujlwm raws li 4.5-tiam nres kev daws teeb meem rau Turkish Air Force kom txog rau thaum nws tuaj yeem tau txais lossis tsim lub dav hlau thib tsib thiab qhov sib npaug rau Greek Rafales.

Txawm li cas los xij, yog tias Ankara tau txais kev pom zoo los yuav Block 70/72 F-16s, nws yuav txiav txim siab qhov kev yuav khoom yuav tsis tsim nyog vim tias Viper variant muaj ntau yam thib tsib tiam.

Txawm li cas los xij, Qaib Cov Txwv tseem yuav muaj kev nyuaj rau kev kov yeej cov txheej txheem thev naus laus zis ntau yam HAF yuav ua tiav los ntawm 2030.

Txawm hais tias Qaib Cov Txwv teb 120 Block 70/72 F-16s (40 brand tshiab thiab 80 upgraded), lawv yuav nce mus txog 84 HAF Block 72 Vipers (tag nrho hauv kev pabcuam tsis pub dhau ib nrab xyoo 2027), 20-40 F- 35s, thiab, tsawg kawg, 24 Rafales. Hauv lwm lo lus, tsis muaj tsawg dua 128 HAF cov neeg tua hluav taws uas muaj peev xwm sib npaug lossis zoo dua rau Turkey cov dav hlau zoo tshaj plaws.

Thiab txawm hais tias Qaib Cov Txwv yuav ib pab tub rog lossis ob tus neeg ua haujlwm siab heev Eurofighters ntxiv rau nws cov F-16s niaj hnub, HAF yuav muaj feem yuav khaws cov thev naus laus zis no.