Temren means arrowhead in Turkish. The missile is designed primarily to be used by naval helicopters against small surface targets. It is possible to adapt the missile to be used from small combatants in the future. The missile is a derivate of the long range anti-tank missile UMTAS developed by Roketsan. My understanding is that... Continue Reading →
A new batch of photos from Turkish Navy ATR-72-600 TMPA plane has emerged. The photos from last year showed an unpainted airplane where as this year the plane seems to be fully painted. The first plane should have been delivered back in February 2017. But like the Meltem-I and Meltem_II projects, this Meltem-III has been... Continue Reading →
During the IDEF 2015 12th International Defense Industry Fair, Turkish Navy shared the first conceptual drawing of the second generation of Milgem class. There was a poster about TCG Istanbul on the Turkish Naval Forces booth during IDEF 2017 too. I though it would be interesting to compare the photos and see how the design... Continue Reading →
Mr. Hakan Kılıç, military aviation and ballistics missiles and BMD researcher, visited the newest warship of Turkish Navy: TCG Bayraktar. He took photos during his visit and kindly allowed me to used them. The photos you are about to see are his, but comments are mine.
The fitting out of the third Ada class (Milgem) corvette TCG Burgazada is proceeding on the dry dock. The fabrication of the hull of the fourth and final Ada class corvette TCG Kınalıada is almost finished. The pre-fabrication of the first İ class frigate is continuing. First two blocks of the hull is ready to... Continue Reading →
6 years ago Indonesia was looking for new submarines to replace her old German Type 209 class boats. Turkey and South Korea were in competition to supply the new submarines. That was odd, very odd since both nations can only construct German submarines under license but neither has a locally developed submarines design. In other... Continue Reading →
In November 2016, Dutch shipyard Damen has signed a contract with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Ankara, Turkey for the supply of six, search and rescue (SAR) vessels for delivery in 2017. The boats are designed for SAR operations in all-weather and can self right within seconds after a capsize or even a 360°... Continue Reading →
According to a tweet from Minister of National Defence the first ship of Bayraktar class landing ships L-402 TCG Bayraktar was commissioned in Turkish Navy on 14 April 2017. Since the ship will be under the shipyard's warranty for 12 months, this is regarded as a temporary commissioning. A permanent commissioning is when Turkish Navy... Continue Reading →
The above image is to be believed a photo of Atmaca anti ship missile. The photo was taken by a test firing on a terrestrial range. Probably to test the flight characteristics and or the range. The project must started at least 10 years ago. In his memorials Admiral Özden Örnek, Commander of Turkish Navy... Continue Reading →
On 7 March 2017, a contract was signed between defence acquisition agency Undersecreteriat For Defence industries (UDI) and FNSS a joint venture between Turkey's Nurol Holding and BAE Systems, to design and build 27 armoured amphibious attack vehicles. These AAAV's will be deployed on board of the future multipurpose amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu. The break... Continue Reading →
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