Turkish Navy gets ATMACA anti-ship missiles PHOTO

Roketsan company has delivered domestic ATMACA anti-ship missiles to the Turkish Navy.

Tests on the ATMACA anti-ship missile have recently been successfully completed. After a decision was made to use missile prototypes for the Turkish Navy, Roketsan began supplying the serial ATMACA anti-ship missile, Caliber.Az reports citing the message of SavunmaSanayiST.com on X.

ÖZEL HABER | Roketsan’dan ilk seri üretim ATMACA Füzesi teslimatı!

— Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri’ne, ‘çift haneli adetlerde’ ATMACA Füzesi teslimatı gerçekleştirildi!https://t.co/ikmu4NmwlF

— SavunmaSanayiST.com (@SavunmaSanayiST) September 13, 2023

A “double-digit number” of ATMACA missiles have been delivered to the Turkish Navy so far. The supplied missiles will be integrated into the Navy's surface ships.

The TCG KINALIADA (F-514) corvette went down in history as the first Turkish ship that used and launched the ATMACA anti-ship missile. Following TCG KINALIADA, HEYBELIADA, BÜYÜKADA and BURGAZADA corvettes, as well as the BARBAROS class frigates, are expected to be equipped with the ATMACA system.

On the other hand, the national ATMACA anti-ship missile will be integrated into 11 different naval platforms upon the contract signed between Roketsan and STM on November 23, 2022. Integration measures are planned to be completed by April 11, 2027.

ATMACA (means Hawk) is an all-weather, long-range, precision strike, anti-ship cruise missile developed by Turkish missile manufacturer ROKETSAN. The Atmaca will replace Türkiye’s existing inventory of Harpoon missiles gradually. The programme began in 2009 to meet surface-to-surface cruise missile requirements of the Turkish Naval Forces. The prime contractor, Roketsan, started the design studies in September 2012.

The first ship-launched test was conducted by TCG Kinaliada on November 3, 2019. After several test firings in different scenarios, including GPS-free firing and operating in a tense electronic warfare environment, the missile passed all the tests and became ready for mass production. The missile passed the final tests in June 2021 and achieved IOC.

The missile features its global positioning system (GPS), inertial navigation system, barometric altimeter, and radar altimeter to navigate towards its target, while its active radar seeker pinpoints the target with high precision. Its data link provides missiles with 3D mission planning, updating targets, reattacking, and terminating the mission. The missile is super sea-skimming as it approaches the target.