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2 old girls and Arif Ekmekçi are returning back to Turkey after more than 8 months. After a much needed maintenance, rest and recuperation, it should make the naval planning a bit easier. Hopefully if there's a second activation of the task group we'll see Hisars instead, though they lack the air defence capabilities Gabyas have.
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It seems that a smaller Turkish company has displayed some smart and cost effective solutions towards increasing threat of swarms of kamikaze USVs and rouge sea mines.
Mr. Özberk who was at Indo Defence tells the system(s) in detail.
“Perhaps the most interesting but not very noticeable product of the Indo Defence fair was SARPAN and THORN, developed by a Turkish company, Aeromac Electronics, to counter drifting mines and kamikaze drone attacks.
SARPAN is dropped on top of the mine by rotary wing drones to neutralize the detected drifting mines. The SARPAN that sticks to the mine is fired remotely to destroy the mine. Thanks to this product, there is no need for EODs or MCM ships to approach the mine, reducing the risk.
THORN is actually a tiny mine. A water anchor coupled to the mine prevents the mine from drifting and the mine swings in a short area. Especially around critical bases and infrastructures, a large number of THORNs are dropped to prevent kamikazes or other purposeful UAVs from entering the area. This is an important countermeasure, for example, to prevent a fleet from being caught off guard while resting. This system, which is quite cheap, can be dropped in hundreds both at sea and on the shore in a few hours and in the event of a mission cancellation, all mines can be neutralized with a single click.
It is a very impressive solution, it shows an out of the box approach against current threats. For more information, I definitely recommend watching the @navalnewscom video I shared below.”
Principle operational process of THORN
*image courtesy of Mr. Tayfun Özberk @TayfunOzberk
Principle operational process of SARPAN
*image courtesy of Mr. Tayfun Özberk @TayfunOzberk
Mr. Özberk who was at Indo Defence tells the system(s) in detail.
“Perhaps the most interesting but not very noticeable product of the Indo Defence fair was SARPAN and THORN, developed by a Turkish company, Aeromac Electronics, to counter drifting mines and kamikaze drone attacks.
SARPAN is dropped on top of the mine by rotary wing drones to neutralize the detected drifting mines. The SARPAN that sticks to the mine is fired remotely to destroy the mine. Thanks to this product, there is no need for EODs or MCM ships to approach the mine, reducing the risk.
THORN is actually a tiny mine. A water anchor coupled to the mine prevents the mine from drifting and the mine swings in a short area. Especially around critical bases and infrastructures, a large number of THORNs are dropped to prevent kamikazes or other purposeful UAVs from entering the area. This is an important countermeasure, for example, to prevent a fleet from being caught off guard while resting. This system, which is quite cheap, can be dropped in hundreds both at sea and on the shore in a few hours and in the event of a mission cancellation, all mines can be neutralized with a single click.
It is a very impressive solution, it shows an out of the box approach against current threats. For more information, I definitely recommend watching the @navalnewscom video I shared below.”
Principle operational process of THORN
*image courtesy of Mr. Tayfun Özberk @TayfunOzberk
Principle operational process of SARPAN
*image courtesy of Mr. Tayfun Özberk @TayfunOzberk
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Similar concept can also be applied to USVs with canister launcher drones that could possibly have even longer range to hunt moving targets even further out from the ship.
Also, I wonder if the idea of adding drone launcher to TF2000 is still being considered. Whether in this concept or not, it could have a really interesting impact on survivability of ships.
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76mm, 35mm and 25mm tests of İstanbul to surface and air targets, as well as decoy launches
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I hate this kind of videos.
I'd liked to see clear, uninterrupted shots instead of constant cuts in every second.
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Yeah, I kept expecting Liam Neeson to come out and start "jumping" a fence while watching.
