Apparently it didn't use its seeker at all in this test and used only GPS + INS. So ground clutter shouldn't really affect anything except the flight path
Very nice to finally see interceptor UAVs but in current form it looks entirely manual and doesn't have any autonomous targeting or even targeting help. Hopefully they add it soon because it would hugely increase hit percentage
Q
10 Tayfun's and 8 SOM very nice news. I wonder what is the production time frame for a package like this? I would hope for a week but a more realistic guess could be a month if not little more
Storm shadow and Som has the same purpose but are not really in the same class. Storm shadow weighs 1300kg whereas som J is merely 530kg. Of course I would want Som to reach those ranges but I don't know how feasible it is with this much of a weight difference
From what I understand not exactly owned by the Baykar the company but Haluk Bayraktar has a sizeable stake in it. Their CEO called themselves "little sister company of Baykar" in a recent interview
Yes the advantages of gimbal is quite obvious but I was more talking about the reason for starting with stationary camera. Especially for Kemankeş-2 when they already have experience flying an extremely similar system
Kızılelma Teber and LGK-82 firing test. It was conducted by the prototype featuring Toygun so I would assume it did its own laser illumination too. Hopefully IWB tests at least for these type free fall munitions will follow soon
Yeah Murad + eren will make Akıncı a very valuable asset for cheap air patrol + kamikaze defence. 30+ hour loiter time plus 4-6 missiles for very low maintenance compared to fighter jets. It is slower but can make up for it with long range radar
- Tcg Anadolu + most likely her task force(basically all of our modern naval assets) to Latvia
- AWACs to Poland
- air defence radars, f-16 block 50+'s and many other ships and armored units to Somalia
Don't we have any national security needs? Okay force projection is good but we are spreading...
I agree that iwb test are crucial for Kızılelma to be considered operationally ready. However I wouldn't subject to 2-3 Kızılelma's being delivered(all with Murad, one with Karat and one with Toygun at least) to hvkk test squadron without bring able to carry any weapons at all let alone bring...
Our officials either needs to stop lying or learn what serial production is. They have been saying Tayfun serial production is already ongoing since 2023 and now they announce that "they have started serial production of many new missile systems like tayfun and akata in 2025". So which one is...
It is the same range given when the missile first debuted. 100 nm which equals exactly 185.2 kilometers. They usually round down for brochures but someone probably converted it directly and forgot to round it
At this rate Mugem will not only lack any helicopter or fighter jets to take off from it but also a mission group to protect it. We are building it as a museum piece I suppose
It doesn't have EOTS or IRST. Are the first ones going to be empty or are they planing to integrate at least one of them after initial verification flights? I would certainly hope for the the latter