Türkiye to present anti-ship missile Çakır PHOTO

Roketsan CEO Murat Ikinci has said that the first launch tests of the Turkish indigenous Çakır anti-ship missile will be carried out at the end of 2022.

Çakır is counting down the days for the trial phase, according to the Turkish Global Defence News platform TurDef.

Ikinci said that the missile will become a joint solution for launching from all kinds of platforms and vessels. The first platform integration is planned for 2023. The missile will use an indigenous KTJ-1750 turbojet engine.

Çakır is developed to close the capability gap between the Turkish L-UMTAS air-to-ground missile and Atmaca anti-ship missile. The range of the system is at least 150 kilometres. The missile, which weighs 330 kilograms with a booster, is also equipped with 70 kilograms high explosive semi-piercing blast fragmentation thermobaric warhead.

According to Roketsan data, the system is equipped with INS and GNSS with sea-skimming capability. Çakır can also switch to IIR or hybrid RF IIR guidance in the final phase.

• Çakır Missile Technical Specifications
• Range 150 + km
• Missile Weight 275 kg (Without Booster) ≤ 330 kg (With Booster)
• Missile Diameter 275 mm
• Missile Length 3.3 m (Without Booster) ≤ 4.1 m (With Booster)
• Warhead Weight 70 kg
• Warhead Type High-Explosive Semi-Piercing Blast Fragmentation Thermobaric
• Flight Engine Turbojet Engine
• Navigation Speed High Subsonic (Mach 0.75–0.85)
• Guidance Mid-Phase Guidance: Inertial Navigation System Antijam Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Radar Altimeter Barometric Altimeter Terrain Referenced Navigation
• System Terminal Phase Guidance Imaging Infrared-IIR RF Seeker Hybrid (IIR+RF) Seeker
• Platforms Fixed and Rotary Wing Air Vehicles, UCAVs, AUSVs, Tactical Wheeled Land Vehicles, Surface Platforms