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No, Officially 8km. But it is not hard to extend it to 10 if it is necessary especially if you don't need to fire it from the shoulder.

RAM is offered to Navy on top of I class they rejected it stating that the vessel already has VLS system and ESSM/ESSM2(Navy wanted to use a combination of ESSM and ESSM2 on the i class before the US embargo) at the end of the design phase. They wanted phalanx as a CIWS. After the US embargo on...

You are completely wrong. We are not the US. Turkish Navy has its own priorities. ESSM is the main anti missile missile of the Turkish Navy. Only in the absence of ESSM(or similar missiles) TN is willing to utilize RAM. RAM=Cheaper and worse ESSM alternative for our NAVY. Look at how many ships...

This isnt true. I asked many Navy weapons officers and they said having both RAM and ESSM is redundant. Turkish Navy puts RAM system on the vessels which don't have ESSM because it is still a cheaper alternative than installing VLS(big work the ship has to designed for VLS in the first place)...

No, we won't redesign Sungur from the scratch. We will use it as is or we will slightly increase its range if that 2 km extra range is making a meaningful difference in combat simulations. This can be done by slightly increasing the length or width of the missile or improving the rocket motor or...

No there is no such thing as a low IR signature target at an 8km range. Suddenly argument for RAM turned into RAM2 which is a completely different missile system. Make no mistake and don't let the name fool you RAM2 is a different missile from the bottom up and it is even more expensive than RAM...

Ram has a 10km range Sungur has 8km. Sungur can match the range of Ram with slight modifications. 1 Ram missile costs nearly as much as an ESSM i would rather pay that money for ESSM than RAM. RF seeker(more correctly RF interferometer) is not a strength on the contrary it might be a weakness...

That pure anti-missile missile will be fired from VLS. Do you know how much a Ram system cost? Fucking 25-30 million $ And for what? Similar performance to a Sungur which is magnitudes cheaper.

LoL Macron offered credits and donations to Zelensky for the recognition of the current status of Donbas and releasing water for Crimea. This guy is on Russian payroll. There is no doubt about that. Joe Biden also chickened seems like everyone is a gangsta until they speak to Putin. Let that be...

Sungur is way better than Stinger or similar MANPADS apart from having an IIR seeker it has a continuous titanium rod warhead which is better at stopping threats compared to HE frag warheads so a Ram like a system is possible. A slightly scaled-up Sungur with a range of 10km will be a lot...

https://www.pbs.cz/en/our-business/aerospace/aircraftgines/jetgine-pbs-tj100

IT is called multi-function radar. Most of the time like %99 those radars operate in LPI pulse mode. Illumination is a very risky business in EW unless you know what you are doing. Most of the time stealth aircraft fly in complete RF silence( fighters like F-35 fly in listening/passive mode).

The closest competitor has a 250mm diameter and 1250N thrust. TJ-300 is lighter, smaller but produces more thrust. I think TEI did enough optimizations TEI should get to the reliability and durability tests ASAP like rain, hail tests etc.

This radar uses continuous wave. Continues wave radars are mainly used for target illumination. Pulse radars are used for target detection. You don't want to continuously send RF signals to the target even if you modulate them unless you want to illuminate the target. IMHO this radar might be...

Tubitak radar is an advanced x-band illumination radar for air defense systems. This is probably a QWIP SWIR sensor. Aselsan has been producing QWIP SWIR sensors for a long time. 1440x576 QWIP SWIR sensor is the IR sensor of Aselflir-300T.

I don't think it will ever be armed with a 300mm artillery rocket TR(L)G-300 (585kg and 670kg for enhanced warhead). 230mm TRLG-230 is a more compatible option(210kg). IMHO best option would be new lighter medium-range anti-ship missile(MRAShM 300kg). It is IIR guided can be used against targets...

Umm sorry but TAI Anka is the first armed drone of Turkey, not TB2.

This part is important and it lines with the info I have. HD thermal sensors will be used in Aselflir-500C. The second half of 2022 for initial availability also suggests that the thermal sensors' design is already completed and taping out is happening nowadays. I expect 500C to mostly use...

I dont mind Bayraktars having a political side, openly supporting AKP or openly criticizing the opposition. What I care about is what you claim should be true(especially if it is a technical issue like the percentage of national contribution) and no favoritism should be done because of your...

Yes, I know it is old news. 77K means it is cryogenic and it has a 15x15μm pixel size. Product qualification was done in 2020. It is already in production. There is a similar project(640*512 MWIR T2SL) but with a 10μm pitch size(10*10μm pixels which means less than half the size sensor size)...