Turkey conducted final tests of the new high-precision anti-ship missile system "Atmaka"
Turkey conducted final tests of the first Turkish high-precision anti-ship cruise missile Atmaca ("Hawk") before entering the anti-ship missile system into service with the Turkish Navy. This is reported by the Turkish Ministry of Defense.
According to the Turkish military, the Atmaca anti-ship missile system during the tests for the first time successfully hit a naval target in the form of a ship, confirming the inherent characteristics. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has already called the new missile "the steel sword of the motherland."
Our homeland's steel sword, the Atmaca anti-ship missile, first hits a ship-like target during its final test today before it goes into service.
- he wrote on his Twitter page.
Atmaca anti-ship missiles were developed by Roketsan together with Aselsan at the request of the Turkish Navy. The first is responsible for the development of the rocket itself, the second for the control system and the active radar homing head.
The new subsonic anti-ship missile system is equipped with a Safran (Turbomeca) TR140 turbojet engine and a solid-propellant launch booster. In the future, the engine should be replaced with a Turkish small-sized turbojet engine KALE 3500. Warhead - high-explosive fragmentation weighing 250 kg.
Outwardly, the Turkish missile is similar to the American Harpoon anti-ship missile, the only difference is in the design of the rudders and stabilizers. Even the Atmaca launchers resemble American ones. The missile is equipped with an active radar seeker, as well as an inertial-satellite guidance unit and two-way data transmission equipment. The claimed destruction range is 250 kilometers.
Ankara plans that these missiles can replace the American Harpoon cruise missiles in service with the Turkish Navy, the missile is planned to be installed on Ada class corvettes, Istanbul and TF2000 class frigates.
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