Atmaca
ATMACA is an all weather, long range, surface-to-surface, precision strike anti-ship cruise missile which can be integrated to patrol boats,corvettes, frigates and destroyers. It was developed by ROKETSAN. The Atmaca ASCM will enter service with the Turkish Navy by mid-2020. It will also replace the Turkish Navy's inventory Harpoon ASCM.Development
The work on the Atmaca anti-ship cruise missile began after the signing of contract with ROKETSAN in 2009. Prime contractor ROKETSAN started development of the missile in September 2012 after receiving the results of its previous research and development contract with Turkey's Under Secretariat For Defense Industries at Navy Research Centre Command. It is planned to developed in such way that it can be launched not only from ship to ship but also from submarines, aircraft and ship to land or vise versa.
The first land-based firing of Atmaca was took place in March 2017, after completing various test, the serial production contract for Atmaca was signed with Presidency of defense industry on 29 October 2018. It will be deployed from Turkish Navy's MILGEM s and G-class frigates and future Istanbul-class frigates and TF-2000 class destroyers.
On 3 November 2019, Turkish Naval Forces conducted its first ship-launched firing from the Ada-class corvette in the Black Sea.Design
The missile makes use of its global positioning system, its inertial navigation system and its barometric altimeter and radar altimeter sub-systems to navigate towards its target, while its active radar seeker pinpoints its target with High precision. With a range of, this guided missile poses a major threat for targets situated beyond line of sight due to its high explosive fragmentation warhead. Its modern data-link provides ATMACA with the ability to update targets, re-attack and terminate the mission.Operators
