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As we found out at the last minute, they prevent the aircraft from performing certain maneuvers by deactivating some lines in the software of the F-16s they gave us.

That's the point. That's how they come from the United States.

Back then we didn't have the technology either; we couldn't access the aircraft's computer or fix the software, there was the whole source code issue, and that's how they provided it.

They said things like, “you won't open the source code.”

Now, of course, there's the Özgür Project. Do you know what we did in that project?

I asked. All the F-16s are now ours — they've been upgraded to Block 70. The Block 50s and 30s have all been brought up to Block 70 level.

I told them, look — if you open this F-16's computer for our people, you know, the Özgür Project, and while fiddling with a single line it gets corrupted and you can't fix it again, the plane worth one hundred million becomes junk, I said.

They were like, "Teacher, that's not how it is. How?"

They said, "We dismantled that computer that came from America and threw it in the trash."

We replaced it with a new one.

We built a new computer.

Look, so we didn't just update the software on that computer.

We built a new computer for this aircraft and wrote the hundreds of thousands of lines of software ourselves.

Right now our pilots can use the whole aircraft — all of the F-16's capabilities — at maximum level.

Do you see how important the strength of defense is?

So, what they will give to Saudi Arabia will be the same.

Saudi Arabia doesn't have that kind of technology, of course.

There will, of course, be people in Saudi Arabia who'll be happy saying, "I bought it" — but that's not the case.

They would never allow it to create a strategic balance against Israel — let alone superiority. They wouldn't even allow balance.

So, if Israel has F-35s and Saudi Arabia gets F-35s, and they encounter each other, Israel's F-35s would shoot down Saudi Arabia's F-35s.

Look, I'll say this up front.

Why would they meet? Why would they come face to face?

Let's say they did meet. I'm trying to explain that the two are not the same.

Of course, politically they would never face each other. That's a separate issue.

So what is this doing? It's propaganda in Saudi Arabia, telling the public that the country is a privileged nation because it bought F-35s from the U.S.

Does it really need the F-35? It already has F-15s and so on.

Saudi Arabia having F-35s would not provide parity or superiority against Israel.

But look, what does that magazine say? It calls it "Kağan Uçağı."

Now, when you call it "Kağan Uçağı," it gives the appearance of being high-tech from a visibility standpoint.

Secondly, I mentioned this last time. I had described Murat A.S.'s Yüz radar.

So that Yüz radar by Murat A.S. changed all the balances.

I'm not saying it's changing, mind you.

It changed the balances. Let me say this: Murat A.S.'s Yüz radar — well, I won't repeat it, but...

We can see an F-35 from roughly 150 kilometers.

You know, our pilot sees it. It's not a ground radar, after all.

Now let me share something I learned with you.

Definite and clear information. I won't say the name.

I can't say because not everything should be disclosed.

We built a radar for Kağan.

It's an aircraft radar, though.

We built a radar and it's capable of seeing an F-35 from 300 kilometers.

Look, it can identify at 300 kilometers.

When I say 'can see,' I mean it identifies.

None of the missiles they have are currently in the 300-kilometer range.

So they're not in range to hit us.

Our pilot can see the plane before it enters firing range.

And that plane can't see our Kağan Uçağı.

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