TR Aircraft Carrier and Amphibious Ship Programs

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We probably need planes for 5 ships. 12x5x1.3 = 78 + exports = 100+ for each navalized plane type in peace time and more if we enter a war.
 
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We probably need planes for 5 ships. 12x5x1.3 = 78 + exports = 100+ for each navalized plane type in peace time and more if we enter a war.
5 STOBAR carriers?
 

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5 STOBAR carriers?
TCG Anadolu, TCG Trakya and 3 aircraft carriers. I don't agree to STOBAR, we can develop a modern UCAV focused CATOBAR in a reasonable timeframe and cost and make 3 of them.
 

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Due to the escort requirement of two LHDs (and one Carrier If all goes as hoped), I believe that by the mid-2030s, the combat fleet will need more than 24-25 destroyers and frigates. Not only by Carier task forces, but also the naval forces will expanding their footprint with other activities, especially in East Africa recently. We could even extend this to include all the routes of the Turkish state's vision projects for future trade routes, economic corridors that are currently underway. This will also increase the importance of patrol ships, offshore patrol corvettes and multi-role support vessels. Nevertheless, the pressure on the Turkish navy to expand would in any case be felt heavily on the combatant fleet. We need more frigates. The waters are no longer calm on the world political scene.
 
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By the time we build aircraft carrier, sam systems and 5th generation aircraft will be even more common. Hürjet, or even twin engine something based on Hürjet ( ie F18 A/B copy) is simply not good enough and not worth building an aircraft carrier for. Even the drones that accompany it are low observable. Furthermore engine procurement is even more likely to cause problems for this kind of capability. The engines we will have accessible for the aircraft built will either be 2x TF10000, Tf35000, or possible Korean KF21 engine designed to replace F414.

This being a stobar carrier, KAAN naval variant makes most sense for it to be able to fly with sufficient payload but this will be very expensive. Otherwise, we can either go for a single Engine KAAN that is like Turkish F35C and add catobar to ship, which is also expensive.

Other options are either, the version of the Kaan with canards from the early concepts and single engine, or if we have F414 equivalent,

This looks like a nice concept, but would probably have very limited payload and internal bays. If we are to build a large carrier though again, the plane must make it worth our money and time.
 

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By the time we build aircraft carrier, sam systems and 5th generation aircraft will be even more common. Hürjet, or even twin engine something based on Hürjet ( ie F18 A/B copy) is simply not good enough and not worth building an aircraft carrier for. Even the drones that accompany it are low observable. Furthermore engine procurement is even more likely to cause problems for this kind of capability. The engines we will have accessible for the aircraft built will either be 2x TF10000, Tf35000, or possible Korean KF21 engine designed to replace F414.

This being a stobar carrier, KAAN naval variant makes most sense for it to be able to fly with sufficient payload but this will be very expensive. Otherwise, we can either go for a single Engine KAAN that is like Turkish F35C and add catobar to ship, which is also expensive.

Other options are either, the version of the Kaan with canards from the early concepts and single engine, or if we have F414 equivalent,

This looks like a nice concept, but would probably have very limited payload and internal bays. If we are to build a large carrier though again, the plane must make it worth our money and time.
When you say a version of the Kaan with canards from the early concepts and a single engine, do you mean this?

 

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kaan is huge. sure people have been using flankers for naval aircraft which are even bigger but kaan ain't ideal for naval use. especially without catobar.

unless y'all wanna run the jet with a quarter of what it can carry or something
Well yes but a quarter of what KAAN can carry may be more than other planes with lower thrust to weight ratio can. At least its got two huge engines. A single engine plane might be even more dependent on Catobar if it isn't magic airframe like Gripen or something
 

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Maybe we get T-625 and later T-925 which will be equipped for ASW Role.
The T-625 should have already started to be derived as a light-medium naval utility/ASW helicopter, similar to the AW159 Wildcat concept. It may not be as heavy-duty as the Seahawks, but we could have solved this by inducting it into the inventory in much larger numbers. Ministries can wait a bit, the urgent need on the rotary wing side is still in our force commands. Our armed forces structures require a very large helicopter inventory both on the land forces side and on the naval side.
 

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The T-625 should have already started to be derived as a light-medium naval utility/ASW helicopter, similar to the AW159 Wildcat concept. It may not be as heavy-duty as the Seahawks, but we could have solved this by inducting it into the inventory in much larger numbers. Ministries can wait a bit, the urgent need on the rotary wing side is still in our force commands. Our armed forces structures require a very large helicopter inventory both on the land forces side and on the naval side.


We need also to Modify the T-925 for the AEW Role like the Royal Navy is using Sea Kings for this Role.
 

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Apart from the TCG Anadolu, which is in reality a Landing Helicopter Dock and a Naval Assault Ship, any new "full spec carrier" of Turkish Navy, will only be available, post 2035 at best.

By then we will have mastered unmanned aircraft building to the letter. Most likely ahead of everyone else in the world.
So there should be no need for expensive manned aircrafts on those so called carriers.

Carriers, with third or fourth iterations of KE, Anka3 and Anka4 (supersonic unmanned fighter?) on their decks, will be the norm within little more than a decade in to the future.

No point in trying to copy US and other countries’ carriers and carrier tactics since their adversaries are already working on doctrines and methods to counteract them. Why copy what is already known?

We need to put on the scene something new, unprecedented and untested by the others. Best example is TB2.

Yes , by all means, build carriers. But for unmanned fighters and bombers.
 
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