By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans
A number of military projects currently pursued by Türkiye have the potential to alter the military balance in the Aegean Sea from the late 2020s onwards, to the point where Greece is unlikely to ever subside the difference in quality and quantity. This includes the Bayraktar Akıncı and Kızılelma unmanned combat aircraft, the TF-2000 destroyers, a fleet of indigenous armed unmanned surface vessels, six Type-214TN Reis-class submarines with air-independent propulsion and the prospective introduction of small attack submarines.