Maybe even 96 VLS?TF2000 latest specs. Looks like a hybrid 052D/055:
It now has 80 VLS instead of 64.
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Yes, 96 tubes and this is the final iteration. However seems like it went under a redesign lately because of all the recent events and thus the critical design phase is not over yet. They changed the radar arrangement (AYR is gone), removed the planned multi-purpose mission space and Atmaca launchers and increased the VLS tube count from 64 to 96.
This is the old layout:
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Notice anything different?
Anyway, here are the thoughts of a respected naval architect on this matter:
A slightly older post of his about the mast:
It does not fit my logic, although I have all the respect for I. Sünnetçi.
First of all, the all-integrated mast was discarded in 2017-18, not in the latest iteration, moreover, I doubt if it was ever included in the concept, but studied among other options with distributed radars.
Then comes the horizon and surface search, this was one of the CFR's tasks, along with volume scan, fire control window, target tracking, etc. See picture below, I doubt it has changed;
And finally, AYR was more in the form of a data link in recent thinking, not sure if they have discarded APAR guidance yet. AYR could have been used as a data link for drones, which are undoubtedly the future of any naval asset. However, I doubt that AYR will be scrapped altogether, but instead the illumination mode for SARH will be scrapped and it will remain as a data link.
And one more thing, if UMR can do everything, why do we have CFAKR + data links in the Siper system? I do not see data links in this low resolution concept. We cannot imagine an air defence frigate destroyer without an X-band radar to search and track the nearby field, note that this ship has no Ka-Ku band tracking radars, leaving us with CFR. There will be at least 64 AA missiles in Siper-D configuration, 128 Hisar-D + 32 Siper-D at most, and you'll need data links capable of 15 simultaneous engagement windows on each side. AYR should serve this purpose. The datalink available on the I-Class cannot do this with a single unit.
It's also roomy at certain points, where they might include 2 - 3 x AKREP, and I wouldn't be surprised.
Unless we've unlocked God Mode and developed AN-SPY6, I don't think it's feasible. I want to be right this time. If we switch to a more powerful UMR then I am all for it.
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Azerbaijan showed off its Turkish-made Bayraktar Akıncı UAVs. Azerbaijan presented the Bayraktar Akıncı UAV received from Turkey. The Bayraktar Akinci UAV was developed by Baykar and made its first flight in 2019; we previously reviewed it. The Bayraktar Akinci UAV is equipped with a variety of missiles and ammunition, examples of which you can see in the photo. On board there is an Aselsan optical-electronic station and a radar with an active phased array antenna. The UAV is equipped with 2 Ukrainian AI-450T turboprop engines with a power of 450 hp each. s., or two Turkish piston engines PD-222. The maximum speed of the UAV is up to 360 km/h, flight range up to 7500 km, at an altitude of up to 13700 meters, flight duration up to 24 hours. Akıncı UAV uses satellite communications.
Depending on its length, it could be used as what the 'Akdogan' is was to meant. Cheap and light (2x as light as Bozdogan) air-to-air missile for helicopters and UCAVs.
Put it on a high-subsonic, high altitude aircraft and it reaches a range of 30+ km.
Interesting figures... I wonder if the UAV count includes "Bayraktar Minis" that are operating in Ukraine, since they too are technically UAVs, or is it just for Tb-2, Karayel or above...? The same situation also applies to radars and ships as well.
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Aselsan received an export order for the ERALP radar.
