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The Turkish Air Force's F-16 fighter jets use locally made weapon control tablets.

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The Turkish Air Force has begun using tablet computers installed in the cockpits of F-16 fighter jets to ensure the rapid integration of new weapons developed in-house. It is possible that the Turks "spied" this decision in Ukraine.

Ankara has developed its own fire control system for the upgraded F-16C/D Block 40, designated UBAS, which uses locally produced software. The UBAS interface is reflected on the tablet, allowing you to control weapons such as long-range cruise missiles SOM-J.

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The cockpit of the Turkish Air Force F-16 equipped with a tablet

At the same time, the pilot has another tablet on his lap, which is becoming more common, complementing the information received through on-board systems and helping to get rid of bulky paper magazines in the cockpit.

Earlier, Ukraine followed this path, adapting existing aircraft platforms to new weapons, which allowed Soviet-era aircraft (MiG-29, Su-27) to use Western air-to-ground weapons.

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The cabin of the Su-27 of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, equipped with a tablet

Working with the Ukrainians, we were able to take a lot of Western weapons and make them work on their planes, where they are, in fact, controlled by a pilot using an iPad. And they [the Ukrainian Armed Forces] use it [the new weapon] in combat conditions about a week after we hand it over.

- William Laplante, Deputy Secretary of Defense for the Ministry of Defense, said last year.

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