TR UAV/UCAV Programs | Anka - series | Kızılelma | TB - series

[dBSPL]

UCAVs as cruise missile carriers:

 

[boredaf]

UCAVs as cruise missile carriers:
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Finally! We've been waiting to see Çakır for months now.

 

[Knowledgeseeker]

UCAVs as cruise missile carriers:
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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1656746062734925824

 

[Afif]

It would be really interesting to know much each unit would cost.
@TheInsider

 

[Zafer]

Everything sounds so easy from your mouth, can you explain to me why they didnt do it until now if its that easy?

Isn't it already obvious because they can source good quality products from other companies, why bother making them yourself. If they couldn't source them they would develop them in-house.

 

[Control_7]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1656746062734925824

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1656746062734925824

Does çakır start its engine? It is not visible in the video I guess.

 

[boredaf]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1656746062734925824

Between Çakır and UAV-230, we'll have 2 options for different missions with 150+ km range for our heavy duty drones like Akıncı and Aksungur. How many air defense systems have longer range than that? Our drones can rain fire from relative safety with these missiles in a lot of situations except for the worst case ones, for which we just happened to be developing Anka-3.

 

[Afif]

Between Çakır and UAV-230, we'll have 2 options for different missions with 150+ km range for our heavy duty drones like Akıncı and Aksungur. How many air defense systems have longer range than that? Our drones can rain fire from relative safety with these missiles in a lot of situations except for the worst case ones, for which we just happened to be developing Anka-3.

And also KE, just like featured in Cakir's promo carrying them internally.

 

[TheInsider]

It would be really interesting to know much each unit would cost.
@TheInsider

Probably a bit less than half of Atmaca.

 

[Tornadoss]

UCAVs as cruise missile carriers:
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I expected Cakir to be little bit bigger but I guess because of the booster it had on the ship-born version.

 

[Quasar]

seems that Çakır has a new wing design at least for the air launced variant acompared to the variant with booster

 

[Xenon54]

Isn't it already obvious because they can source good quality products from other companies, why bother making them yourself. If they couldn't source them they would develop them in-house.

Funny that you say this after canada sanctioning wescams...

 

[Anmdt]

Does çakır start its engine? It is not visible in the video I guess.

First glide, then boost phase.

 

[Osman]

What is the range of çakır if launched from fighter jets or anka 3?

 

[Baryshx]

Does çakır start its engine? It is not visible in the video I guess.

For the KTJ-1750, they said we could see test footage with Çakır at the beginning of this year

 

[Zafer]

Funny that you say this after canada sanctioning wescams...

Dude why can't you see that there is Aselsan with an acceptable quality CATS and with the new 500C much more improved sporting a 5.6K TV resolution and all other benefits.

 

[Yasar_TR]

Between Çakır and UAV-230, we'll have 2 options for different missions with 150+ km range for our heavy duty drones like Akıncı and Aksungur. How many air defense systems have longer range than that? Our drones can rain fire from relative safety with these missiles in a lot of situations except for the worst case ones, for which we just happened to be developing Anka-3.

There is also some very important points that needs to be remembered:

Çakır uses an air breathing engine for propulsion and is subsonic (0.75-0.85 Mach). It has been designed to sink a surface ship. At least take it out of commission. (it has a warhead weight of 70kg) It is expensive albeit not as much as an Atmaca. It has a sea hugging, maneuvering flight profile to stay away from enemy radar detection and CWIS fire.

UAV230 is a comparatively cheaper missile to attack surface positions with supersonic speeds. It relies on its high supersonic speed (around 4.2 Mach max) to avoid interception. it has less destructive power. (Warhead weight 42kg) . But carries more kinetic energy when striking it’s target due to it’s supersonic speed.

I am still pining for our TRG300 missiles being fired from F16 jets. Israeli f16s carry 4 of these to attack surface targets from stand off distances. They use them because they are “cheap” and “effective”.
It wouldn’t hurt to take a page out of their book once in a while.

 

[DBdev]

Where is your source for Mach 4.2 for UAV230?
Even Israeli rampage lists speed at Mach 1.1 approaching target. Not much of a threat even with 4 rampages to a modern AD.

 

[MADDOG]

IWB of Kızılelma

 

[Heartbang]

IWB of Kızılelma

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Looks like it can fit 4 Fox-3's with a staggered layout