This is Levent point defence system. It has a Sungur missile and a bigger longer range Levent missile that Roketsan was developing.
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Roketsan envisaging to use it from on board UAVs, as well as for naval purposes. Depending on the type of target and on the intercept range, the 8 km Sungur and the new Levent missile, which is still in the concept design phase, according to Roketsan officials , will be used. It will definitely be a bigger missile than the Sungur, will work at high supersonic speed, and will have a greater range and a wider envelop, however no more data were delivered due to the early state of development. According to released information Levent will feature manual, semi-automatic and fully automatic modes, and will be able to operate autonomously or in integration with the vessel’s sensor systems. The missile will leverage the R&D work carried out in seeker heads, RF sensors, proximity sensors, etc, and will include many subsystems developed in earlier air defence projects.
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The larger Levent missile, although not disclosed, may well be based on a Bozdogan or even Gokdogan with a decent altitude and a longer range than any improved Sungur missile which has a range of 8km and an altitude of 4km. These two missiles and a Gokdeniz CIWS would give a fairly good layered air defence cover to the ship as far as point defence goes.
In stead of messing up the deck or hangar top of the Ada Class to include VLS missiles, augmenting the point defence system it has, may prove to be a better and more economical choice. It has also be remembered that the main Oto Melara gun is also capable of being used as an air defence weapon with a range of 16+km, after Aselsan developed fire control system is incorporated.
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