Turkey has performed one other profitable test-firing of its regionally made maritime missile. ATMACA efficiently hit a goal within the Black Sea after being fired from land in a take a look at that marked the primary time the anti-ship missile was examined with a cell guided missile system. Take a look at actions of the long-range anti-ship missile developed by outstanding protection contractor Roketsan had been carried out within the northern Sinop province. The Turkish Naval Forces’ stock presently has the U.S.-made Harpoon anti-ship missiles. ATMACA is touted as a high-precision, long-range, surface-to-surface, precision strike anti-ship missile that may be built-in with patrol boats, frigates and corvettes. They’re anticipated to get replaced by the Atmaca missiles that boast further superior options.
ATMACA (Accipiter) is efficient towards mounted and shifting targets due to its resistance to countermeasures and its goal replace, reattack and process cancelation capabilities, in addition to a complicated 3D routing system. The missile can be powered by a totally indigenous KTJ-3200 engine, developed by Kale Group. The anti-ship missile hovers low above water and may attain its goal each on linear and vertical planes. With this characteristic, the anti-ship missile can attain the next altitude when it will get nearer to the goal and may land on a goal ship from instantly above.
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ATMACA is an all climate, lengthy vary, precision strike, anti-ship cruise missile, developed by Turkish missile producer ROKETSAN. The missile makes use of its world positioning system (GPS), inertial navigation system, barometric altimeter and radar altimeter to navigate in direction of its goal, whereas its energetic radar seeker pinpoints the goal with excessive precision. With a variety of greater than 220 kilometres (140 mi), this guided missile poses a serious risk for targets located past the road of sight attributable to its excessive explosive fragmentation warhead. Its fashionable data-link gives ATMACA with the power to 3D mission planning, replace targets, reattack and terminate the mission. Missile is extremely sea-skimming because it approaches the goal.
It boasts a variety of greater than 200 kilometers (124 miles), posing a risk to targets far exterior visible vary. It additionally gives goal replace, reattack and mission abort capabilities by way of fashionable information hyperlink. The event of the anti-ship missile started in 2009 and a deal for mass manufacturing was signed between the Presidency of Protection Trade (SSB) and outstanding protection contractor Roketsan in 2018. Atmaca missiles are anticipated for use on corvettes constructed beneath Turkey’s Nationwide Ship (MILGEM) venture, together with different vessels and submarines that presently use Harpoon missiles. The land-based model of the missiles can be anticipated for use for littoral safety.
