Can Greeks afford to buy these? Remember they are not just 85 million dollars each. They come with so many ancillaries that the price per aircraft goes beyond 120million+ . Also upkeep of these planes must be nearly double If not more of the f16’s. They need special hangars etc. The list goes...
Umtas and Cirit are good for small crafts up to 3-400 tons displacement. Cirit is good for light armoured ; but the Umtas is capable of going through any ship’s hull. But they will not sink a corvette or a 500ton fast attack craft . They may disable a FAC with a lucky shot. But that is all...
How about Renault??
ok some models are made in Turkey. But French company is taking it’s share of the profits.
This whole move is directed towards the electorate. Empty actions. If you want to get your voice heard, then you put the state’s and Turkish government’s weight behind it. Otherwlse...
Bravejanissary,
Sorry for late response. As I am new to forum Iam reading through the shared messages;
that information you were given is totally wrong and has no substance.
This is a 210kg missile. All “TRG“ series missiles have ballistic trajectories. It goes up to around 30km under it’s...
Yes. This is I-class. Just look at the front bulkward (parapet). There is a “notch“ there on this ship. None of the milgem corvettes have this notch. But the I-class!
Guest12, I am afraid it is not. Anka-s is a “Big” bird. Just compare the sizes of TB2 and AnkaS;
TB2 has a wingspan of 12 m with a length of 6.5 m And a take off weight of 650kg,
Anka-s has a wing span of 17.3 m with a length of 8 m and a take off weight of 1600kg.
TB3 should not detract too...
TB3 should hava a more powerful engine for more load and little more wing area to make it possible for it to go above 30000ft at full load. It should also incorporate Meteksan’s “MilsarUavSar/Gmti Radar” . With it’s 27 km range this radar can see everything on the ground; day and night ...
I can see unexploded mam missiles with their seekers intact as well. That is bad!
But definitely not shot down! Most likely a malfunction. Why don’t they incorporate a self destruction option on these?
That I would also like to know.
Tandem explosives are really for penetrating ERA covered tanks.But as it was developed with Israeli “Lahat” in mind, it should be of similar value - ~800mm.
that is not enough for leo2a6. But as these missiles have top penetration mode; they should still be able...
An all new special TB3 has to be built. Since neither Anka, nor Aksungur , nor Akinci can be stationed on this ship the only UAV that will be suitable is one like a TB2 with a more powerful engine and more robust build that would carry heavier loads (anti ship missiles) and have a bit more wing...
TCG Anadolu, if built without the ski jump would have been much more expensive due to extra design work necessary to remove it from the current design. Besides it was always going to be an advantage to have the capability.
This vessel has a fairly long runway. ~200+ metres. It can not hold more...
Tanok is a game changer ammuniton ;
• Use in Existing Tanks without any Modification
• High Hit Probability Against Stationary and Moving Targets with Its Semi-Active Laser Guidance
• Direct/Top Attack Modes
• Effectiveness Against Heavy Armored Threats and Bunkers with Its Tandem Warhead 1-6 km...
Rampage missile of Israel is of 306mm diameter, weighs 570kg and is 4.7 m in length. F16’s are used to carry and launch 4 of them. Trg300 block 2 is 670 kg. F16 has enough space and load capacity To carry them. Block 1 is same as rampage.
https://elbitsystems.com/media/rampage.pdf
Before making such outrageous claims, don’t they ask someone who knows about these missiles? TR40 (Turbojet) driven SOM just can not go this distance. If they changed the engine to a turbofan 3.1-3.5KN thrust engine that could work a little longer and lost a bit of the explosive weight , then...
One thing I do not understand is why SSB is not pushing for the development of air launched trg-230 and trg-300.
if launched from air at ~40000ft and ~0.9mach; as the missiles will not have to overcome the gravitational pull and dense air friction at lower altitudes, their range will be...