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[Strong AI]

MKE #PİRANA KUSV Successfully Completes Collision Tests

Following the SURFACE NAVIGATION TESTS, MKE’s #PİRANA KUSV has now successfully completed its COLLISION TESTS and is officially ready for duty.

Achieving a precision strike on a highly compact and challenging target measuring just 3.5 meters, PİRANA effectively neutralized its objective.

Developed by MKE, the #PİRANA KUSV was engineered in consideration of asymmetric warfare conditions and equipped with advanced warhead and fuze technologies. This semi-autonomous surface vessel can be remotely operated via a Fixed Command Center with real-time data transmission and is designed to deliver high-impact results at low cost.

Designed to be compatible with SWARM deployment concepts, PİRANA is programmed to autonomously or remotely navigate toward identified maritime threats and detonate upon impact. This feature enables it to effectively infiltrate enemy ships, ports, and base zones, delivering powerful offensive capability.

🫡 MKE #PİRANA KUSV IS MISSION-READY!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1931653242435355079

 

[Bogeyman]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1948342921033654714

Aselsan-Sefine Marlin-2 IDA with a Roketsan Çakır cruise missile and a Unirobotics Trakon 30 30mm gun turret

 

[boredaf]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1948342921033654714

Aselsan-Sefine Marlin-2 IDA with a Roketsan Çakır cruise missile and a Unirobotics Trakon 30 30mm gun turret

I am on my fucking knees right now. Finally Çakır on an USV.

And, I said it before and I'll say it again, Venom LR is a god send for us. A 30 mm cannon that could (almost) fit in turrets made for 12.7 mm guns, it is brilliant. Canik really did a great service to this country when they bought that British company.

 

[Strong AI]

SANCAR Armed Unmanned Surface Vessel successfully hit targets with high accuracy using the 12.7 mm Stabilized Weapon System through the ADVENT Combat Management System.

 

[boredaf]

SANCAR Armed Unmanned Surface Vessel successfully hit targets with high accuracy using the 12.7 mm Stabilized Weapon System through the ADVENT Combat Management System.

That is the single most underwhelming video they could've put out after few years of development. Spraying a target all over while being almost stationary, with a 12.7 mm machine gun. At least show the USV doing it on high speed, that would be something. Or put a 20mm cannon on it, so that it could at least hurt other USV or hunt aerial targets flying over.

 

[Strong AI]

That is the single most underwhelming video they could've put out after few years of development. Spraying a target all over while being almost stationary, with a 12.7 mm machine gun. At least show the USV doing it on high speed, that would be something. Or put a 20mm cannon on it, so that it could at least hurt other USV or hunt aerial targets flying over.

Imo the point of this test was integration with ADVENT. More information in this news.

SANCAR SİDA atış testini "tam isabetle" geçti

Türk savunma sanayisindeki insansız sistemlere yönelik kabiliyetleri deniz platformlarıyla buluşturan SANCAR Silahlı İnsansız Deniz Aracı (SİDA), atış testlerini başarıyla tamamladı. - Anadolu Ajansı

www.aa.com.tr

 

[Sanchez]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1978771669209477174

 

[Ripley]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1978771669209477174

And here is a good piece of integration


“Our indigenous UAS/USV systems are on joint duty in the NATO exercise!

At the #NATO Innovation Continuum 2025 SHINE event, we successfully executed a scenario involving the detection and neutralization of floating sea mines using our tactical UAV systems.

The floating mine detected by the surveillance UAV TOGAN was transmitted to the Command and Control Center via USV MARLIN. Under the center’s coordination, the KARGU loitering munition successfully neutralized the target.

Through this mission, we demonstrated STM’s integrated joint capabilities between UAV, USV, and Command & Control Systems at the NATO level. ”

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1978832342094401935

 

[UkroTurk]

There is a lesson for our drone industry.

Sail eliminates engine -propeller noise which makes ship vulnerable to submarines and torpedoes.

In WW2 American citizens patrolled coastlines bu sailing vessels against German U-Boots

Moreover free energy.

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[Zafer]

Those IDAs should start using hydrofoils for smooth sailing on waves

 

[Iskander]

Those IDAs should start using hydrofoils for smooth sailing on waves

I doubt I can say anything new about naval matters, which I understand little about. But, in my opinion, underwater drones are more dangerous. Moreover, a drone doesn't necessarily need to be underwater all the time. Once it detects a target, it dives to a depth of 3-5 meters, becoming completely invisible to it and...
Underwater attacks, below the waterline, are, in my opinion, more dangerous.

One thing is certain: even using only surface naval drones, the Ukrainians managed to force the Russians to hide their "heroic" Black Sea Fleet by sinking several dozen of their ships, including the flagship Guards cruiser Moskva

But Mr. Putin doesn't seem to be bothered by this: this year, either because of the threat from Ukraine or simply because he had nothing to brag about, only... "formidable" Russian submarines participated in Russia's main naval parade .
A submarine parade is something new

(I looked for the video, but it's not there. Apparently, the submarines were swimming underwater, as they were supposed to.)

 

[Zafer]

I doubt I can say anything new about naval matters, which I understand little about. But, in my opinion, underwater drones are more dangerous. Moreover, a drone doesn't necessarily need to be underwater all the time. Once it detects a target, it dives to a depth of 3-5 meters, becoming completely invisible to it and...
Underwater attacks, below the waterline, are, in my opinion, more dangerous.

One thing is certain: even using only surface naval drones, the Ukrainians managed to force the Russians to hide their "heroic" Black Sea Fleet by sinking several dozen of their ships, including the flagship Guards cruiser Moskva

But Mr. Putin doesn't seem to be bothered by this: this year, either because of the threat from Ukraine or simply because he had nothing to brag about, only... "formidable" Russian submarines participated in Russia's main naval parade .
A submarine parade is something new

(I looked for the video, but it's not there. Apparently, the submarines were swimming underwater, as they were supposed to.)

A submarine is more dangerous but is harder to make, if it were easy enough to make and operate it would have been done earlier. But a hydrofoil is relatively easier and is more agile, it won't look like a surfer fighting waves.

 

[Anmdt]

A submarine is more dangerous but is harder to make, if it were easy enough to make and operate it would have been done earlier. But a hydrofoil is relatively easier and is more agile, it won't look like a surfer fighting waves.

Funfact, submersibles (not actual submarines which typically visit +200 meters depth) are easier to build and operate in comparison to hydrofoil planning hulls.

 

[Zafer]

Funfact, submersibles (not actual submarines which typically visit +200 meters depth) are easier to build and operate in comparison to hydrofoil planning hulls.

So, where are they ?

 

[Turkic]

So, where are they ?

Havelsan Çaka?

 

[Yasar_TR]

Funfact, submersibles (not actual submarines which typically visit +200 meters depth) are easier to build and operate in comparison to hydrofoil planning hulls.

In addition to the cost factor, the main purpose of a USV is to be stealthy. Their size and low above-water-line silhouette plays a great role for them in satisfactorily performing their job. A hydrofoil would have a much bigger radar signature.
Semi submersible or just below waterline USVs (like the drug smugglers use) would be more efficient. With electric engines and correct propellers they can be built to be very quiet and fast.
Ukraine already has one in the pipeline called toloka and being updated in to a family of drones.
France, UK, Russia and many more are working on the idea of uncrewed submersible sea vehicles.

Ukrainian underwater drone Toloka is being updated: what's new in the TLK-150 model - Militarnyi

During a Ukrainian defense industry presentation, the developers of the Toloka underwater drone demonstrated its updated smallest model.

militarnyi.com

 

[Anmdt]

So, where are they ?

The fact that they are not widely adopted, doesn't mean they are not feasible - hence FPV drones were not on the field or considered a decade ago, tactical drones were not considered highly useful two decades ago. There are plenty of commercial submersibles that fullfill numerous tasks (crane, lift, stealth operations) while hydrofoils remain as pinnacle of a certain technology like ekronaplans.

Instead of getting hydrofoil vessel, get a sea-skimming missile, or a WIG for nearly at the same cost. That's the bifurcation point.

 

[Anmdt]

Havelsan Çaka?

In the trash bin.

 

[Zafer]

Hydrofoils leave no white trail on water, they can be made low profile, they are fast and agile, they are even replacing surfers' surf boards, they are the future.

 

[Turkic]

In the trash bin.

That explains why we've seen no progress so far, but what happened to it? Why in the trash bin?