Turkey has officially resumed its alliance with Spain in One of the most ambitious naval projects in Europe and the Mediterranean. The head of the Presidency of Turkey Defense Industries (SSB), Haluk Görgün, has confirmed it as published .
Both countries plan to jointly develop an aircraft carrier that, with their 300 meters long, would enter fully into the category of Superportaavionsonly comparable in size with the US Navy giants.
The news comes shortly after the plans of The Spanish Navy To endow, for the first time, a pure aircraft carrier, overcoming the current model of Aeronaves Porta such as Juan Carlos I.
A strategic ally
In statements to the environment Daily SabahGörgün explained that Spain returns to the equation after its collaboration in the design of the TCG Anadolu, The current flagship of the Turkish Navy Built from the design of the LHD Juan Carlos I.
Although in recent years the project seemed to have been oriented towards 100% national development On the part of Türkiye, the growing scale of the new ship has led to reactivating cooperation with Navantia, the Spanish public shipyard.
At the level of the great powers
The new aircraft carrier Turk-Spanisheven without an official name, it would exceed the initially planned 285 meters and would reach the 300 meters of lengthmore than the Frenchman Charles de Gaulle (261 m) and that class British Queen Elizabeth (280 m).
According to analysts, your displacement could be around 75,000 tonsdangerously approaching the territory of the American colossi such as the USS Gerald R. Ford (337 my 100,000 tons).
The decision to expand the size responds tostrategic mbitionsand also to the need for the ship to be compatible with heavier aircraft, such as The training plane and light attack Hürjet, in which there is also Spanish participation.
