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Home» News»Video: Turkey Successfully Test Fires New ATMACA Missile from Ada-class Corvette

Video: Turkey Successfully Test Fires New ATMACA Missile from Ada-class Corvette

The ATMACA anti-ship missile was successfully test fired from an Ada-class corvette, according to a brief statement and a video released by Turkey’s Defense Industries Presidency (SSB).

Xavier Vavasseur 04 Nov 2019

As we reported at the time, Naval News learned during DSEI 2019 from Roketsan that the missile would be test-fire from the fourth Ada-class corvette of the Turkish Navy (Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri), TCG Kınalıada, in November 2019.

Milli gemimizden ilk defa milli füze atışı gerçekleştirdik.

Roketsan tarafından geliştirilip üretilen, ilk milli deniz seyir füzemiz ATMACA, TCG Kınalıada gemisinden başarıyla fırlatıldı.🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

ATMACA’nın 2020 ikinci yarısında envantere girmesini hedefliyoruz. pic.twitter.com/WBI6EdajBX

— Ismail Demir (@IsmailDemirSSB) November 4, 2019

The newest warship of Turkish Navy, TCG Kınalıada transited southbound through Istanbul this noon. She made into the annals of Turkish Navy on 3th November 2019, when she fired the 1st indigenous Atmaca anti ship missile. pic.twitter.com/aaWfxkbtUk

— Bosphorus Naval News (@Saturn5_) November 4, 2019

About Atmaca anti-ship missile

Screen capture from SSB video showing Turkish Navy Ada-class corvette TCG Kınalıada firing ATMACA for the first time at sea.

Atmaca was unveiled for the first time by Turkish missile systems company Roketsan during IDEF 2019 defense exhibition in Istanbul. According to our colleagues at turkishnavy.net, its development started about 10 years ago, with Undersecreteriat For Defence industries (UDI) signing a contract for the R&D phase with Roketsan as main contractor, in 2009. Live firing of Atmaca started from 2016.

The serial production contract of Atmaca anti-ship missile was signed between the Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB) and Roketsan on November 2nd, 2018.

According to Roketsan, Atmaca is a subsonic, sea-skimming anti-ship missile with a range of over 220km featuring a 250kg-class high explosive fragmentation warhead. It features high resistance to countermeasures, all-weather capability, a target updating/mission termination facility and a comprehensive mission planning system with 3D routing. The missile is effective against sea targets in open or coastal waters, as well as against shore-based targets.

Atmaca is set to become the Anti-Surface Warfare (ASuW) weapon of choice aboard Turkish Navy modern surface combatants: It will be fitted aboard the Ada-class corvettes, the future Istanbul-class frigates and the future TF2000-class anti-air warfare destroyers.

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Posted by : Xavier Vavasseur
Xavier is based in Paris, France. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). Xavier has been covering naval defense topics for nearly a decade.

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