Biden’s handlers’ obvious weakness has emboldened all manner of aggressors worldwide. Why shouldn’t Erdogan take the opportunity to pursue his caliphate dreams?
“Turkey introduced its new missile with a video targeting a Greek island,” by Levent Kenez, Nordic Monitor, April 5, 2022:
Turkish weapons manufacturer and defense contractor Roketsan, a subsidiary of the Turkish Armed Forces Foundation, introduced its new missile last week. The cruise missile, named ÇAKIR (“grayish blue” in English), has a range of over 150 kilometers and can be fired from many platforms including fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, assault unmanned aerial vehicles, tactical wheeled vehicles and naval platforms.
A simulation video produced for the promotion of the new missile includes messages for Greece. Military experts speaking to Nordic Monitor state that large arms-producing companies similar to Roketsan have made more global promotions for their international customers but that Turkish companies have been producing simulations targeting Greece and other neighbors for years.
Experts who analyzed the images for Nordic Monitor said the location from where the missiles are fired in the video is the coast of Çeşme in the west of Turkey and that the satellite map in the video has been reproduced with minor changes.
They also state that the real islet and rocky images visually featured in the video confirm that they are the shores of Çeşme. In this case, the place shown as the enemy in the video is the Greek island of Chios, which is 4.1 miles from the Turkish coast.
In the video, the Turkish side appears subliminally to be friendly forces, or according to military terminology, as blue forces, while the other side is defined by the color red, which means enemy.
In this case, it is certainly no coincidence that the missiles were fired from east to west in the video. In such videos, missile simulations are generally from left to right, but in the ÇAKIR video, missiles are fired from right to left and enemy targets are destroyed, giving a subliminal message that the target is Greece.
Turkey says the Greek islands should be demilitarized according to the 1923 Lausanne Treaty and sees them as a threat.
“These islands were given to Greece in the 1923 Lausanne Treaty and the 1947 Paris Peace Treaties on the condition that it not arm them. But Greece started to violate that in the ’60s. …. These islands were ceded conditionally. If Greece does not stop, the sovereignty of these islands will be questioned. … If necessary, we will issue a final warning,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on state broadcaster TRT on February 10….
gravenimage says
Turkey introduces new missile with video targeting Greek island
Biden’s handlers’ obvious weakness has emboldened all manner of aggressors worldwide. Why shouldn’t Erdogan take the opportunity to pursue his caliphate dreams?
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This is grimly true–Russia has invaded Ukraine, China has occupied islands also claimed by Japan, and North Korea and Iran and saber rattling. Why not Erdogan?
Weakness and appeasement protect no one.
john smith says
When one despot kicks off all seem to follow suit, it’s what I call “the despot domino effect”.
I believe Erdogan is going to make some sort of move on the 1st Nov this year, one hundred years after the abolition of the ottoman empire. Having said that though, I do hope I’m wrong.
raja says
gravenimage,
Agreed 100%. I would add that Biden handlers’ lack clear thinking and any spine or character. The result: perceived or real weakness, pussyfooting on every issue. For the people who want to change the world “upside down” that is the terrorists, Leftist et al it is a golden opportunity.
“make hay while the sun shines”
Westman says
Uhh, how does that work in NATO when one of its members threatens another member or worse attacks it?
It seems admitting Turkey into NATO was a colossal error.
gravenimage says
Turkey has *never* belonged in NATO. This has just become more obvious under Erdogan.
born saturday says
the new ottomaniac empire chalifate, of the dreams of the sultan, of the billions dollars palace, upon the bloodthirsty but impoverished people, has manufactured now many types of missiles, the biggest range of which is 300km… various types of missiles, excluding anti-aircraft anti ballistic missiles, some of which it claims will be nuclear armed by 2023, after the agreement for exchange of nuclear weapons technology with pakistan…. missiles that are exclucively targeting greece, which has been placed on the coast of minor asia, with range almost within everywhere in the country…..
the frantic weapons industry of turkey has triggered an arms race between the two countries, both of which are in difficult economic position, with big reaction in greece, in turkey there is an islamic dictatorship no one speaks regardless the hunger…..
turkey amongst other offensive, insulting, provocative, authoritarian and maximalist claims statements declarations violations and the threat of war offically, is ensuring the instability and mathematically leading to conflict that can be of great extend….
David Grisez says
We sure live in a dangerous world with a number of evil wicked leaders who want to expand their power and their rule. We already have Vladimir Putin and Russia at war to conquer Ukraine. We also have Xi Jinping of China who would like to conquer and take over Taiwan. We also have Recep Tayyip Erdogan who would like to bring back the Islamic Ottoman Empire with him as the caliph. This is sure one crazy dangerous world.
GreekEmpress says
Missile aimed at Greek island in the video?
More provocation from the madman Erdogan.
raja says
No not a madman, perfectly Islamic man.
OLD GUY says
While we say Turkey developed this missile, thats not quite true. Most of the technology was purchased from the global arms market. That includes America, Russia, China, N. Korea and others. When you give or sell your enemies weapons and technology to develop them it will come back and bite you.
And while Turkey is part of NATO, they are not true allies, and should be removed from NATO.