Turkey Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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Yeah, I meant to mention it.
For unaware folks, It's an indigenous anti-radiation missile meant to replace aging AGM-88 HARMs in the stock. In contrast to to Gökhan liquid fuel ramjet BVR missile, it uses solid fuel and although it was supposed to have an AESA seeker head, it was dropped for per unit cost reasons AFAIR.
That leaked pic and the fact that it's supposed to be an anti-radiation missile with a ramjet engine is all we know about this project.
This proves my point that, although they are flashy about revealing most of the new toys, they also keep things tightly under wraps if need be.
For unaware folks, It's an indigenous anti-radiation missile meant to replace aging AGM-88 HARMs in the stock. In contrast to to Gökhan liquid fuel ramjet BVR missile, it uses solid fuel and although it was supposed to have an AESA seeker head, it was dropped for per unit cost reasons AFAIR.
And they removed that leak pretty quick as well. I remember being online and dedicating significant amounts of time pretty soon after it got leaked, but couldn't find neither the photo nor the original source anywhere. -Some- folks have seen it but that's just it. Sure, foreign intelligence agencies and some sneaky people might've stored that pic elsewhere but aside from that, even if it doesn't matter, the number of civilians who've seen it is a trivial number.
That leaked pic and the fact that it's supposed to be an anti-radiation missile with a ramjet engine is all we know about this project.
This proves my point that, although they are flashy about revealing most of the new toys, they also keep things tightly under wraps if need be.
Sad part about that AESA seeker part is they were made, AESA seekers for Gökdoğan/Hisar-RF were made too but dropped for costs reasons.
At least Gökhan and Siper is getting AESA seekers
20 firm +112 additional orders for Gökbey:
Ministry of National Defense is responsible for design and performance; Our first 76/62 mm National Naval Gun, developed together with the Istanbul Shipyard Command under our General Directorate of Shipyards and MKE AŞ, was mounted on TCG AKHİSAR (P-1220) and made ready for port and sea tests.
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:
Navy be going full SPY-6 on UMR lol
Nah, Software is without a doubt the biggest hardship on the way to the indigenous SPY-6. Sure, Aselsan can churn out some pretty competitive equipments; but as in the MURAD FCR's case, sky's the limit when it comes to software improvements and this is the biggest roadblock considering the amount of data the radar generates and the indexing that needs to be done within miliseconds.
Also, Aselsan has been using and testing imported GaAs (and later on GaN) power amplifiers and TR modules on their products at least since 2018, iirc. It's just that prod.vol.-wise they became self sufficient only recently. Anyway, I have no technical background in this field so that's all I know.
PD 98, 790km track range for 31dBsqm target
@Stealthflanker could you calculate how the range would differ against other targets (like -30dBsqm, 0dBsqm) or with different PD?