Two-fold advantage in conventional airforce + their new drone force.
6 fold advantage in tanks. 2 fold advantage in armour overall.
3 fold advantage in trained personnel
When it comes to land forces, Turkey is many times more powerful than UK.
Two-fold advantage in conventional airforce + their new drone force.
6 fold advantage in tanks. 2 fold advantage in armour overall.
3 fold advantage in trained personnel
When it comes to land forces, Turkey is many times more powerful than UK.
> in 2010 the Turkish Armed Forces had an active strength of around 402,000 active personnel, consisting of 77,000 professionals and 325,000 conscripts
Don't get me wrong, I'd be delighted if the roles were reversed and it was instead Turkey who had the 5th biggest military expenditures in the world and the UK were around 20th - there's far more productive things we could be spending our money on.
Conscript training is still better than no training at all.
In case of a serious military conflict, no NATO country other than USA will be able to avoid some degree of popular mobilisation.