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Türkiye’s first domestically developed fifth-generation stealth fighter jet KAAN's chief engineer Emre Yaban says the jet doesn't compare to the F-16 — it competes with the F-22, Su-57, and J-20:
🌍 GLOBALSep 5, 2026 10:25SRC: CLASH REPORT
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Türkiye’s first domestically developed fifth-generation stealth fighter jet KAAN's chief engineer Emre Yaban says the jet doesn't compare to the F-16 — it competes with the F-22, Su-57, and J-20: Only four countries have managed to develop fifth-generation aircraft comparable to this one. But we are looking toward the sixth generation. He claims KAAN "will have significantly superior air-to-air capabilities" versus its peers.
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