Secretary of Turkish Defence Industries Haluk Görgün announced the firing test of the submarine-launched version of ROKETSAN’s Atmaca anti-ship missile.
The missile was fired from the TCG Preveze (S-353) submarine, using the underwater capsule to carry it to the surface after launch from torpedo tubes. ROKETSAN has named the missile “Encapsulated Atmaca.”
TCG Preveze has been modernised, including HAVELSAN’s MÜREN combat management system. Thanks to this, the submarine can now use ROKETSAN’s Akya heavyweight torpedo.
Reis-class (Type-214TN) and Gür-class submarines are also likely to be capable of using the
The submarine-launched anti-ship missile is a capability possessed by few, produced by even fewer. Currently, the U.S. (UGM-84 Sub-Harpoon), France (SM-39 Exocet), and Russia (Submarine-launched Kalibr variants) are the countries that have developed such missiles.
Due to their stealthiness, submarines, already dangerous with torpedoes in anti-surface warfare, can attack from even longer distances with anti-ship missiles.
Additionally, fixed land targets could be targeted using GNSS/INS with the same stand-off advantage. However, the Gezgin cruise missile, with a longer range and larger warhead, which will enter service with Turkish submarines, should be regarded as the absolute solution for land targets.
Another developed submarine-based missile is an air defence missile, which is assumed to be a version of Hisar presented by ASELSAN during the 10th Naval Systems Seminar.
