TR Air Defence Programs

[Sanchez]

Shame on TUSAŞ,we still use bunshee target drone.

They're old, so it makes sense to get rid of them first.
TUSAS is making wonders and some of you are shaming it. Unbelievable!

Firstly, this is an old video. We know Gökdemir test was made at least a year ago from the accompanied photo which was made public in 2023 at the latest. Adding, That's a Banshee 80 twin engine target drone. It's not old, it's a perfect target drone, cheap and is basically an industry standard at this point. And it perfectly matches the threats Gökdoğan will be used against. It can fly up to mach 0.6 and 30k feet. And I don't think Süper Şimşek is ready.

 

[Anmdt]

Do you mean ASuW capabilities? Otherwise each DDG and carrier strike wing still carry substantial land attack capabilities, no?

CSG's are often accompanied by submarines equipped with Tomahawks as well. But indeed, CSG's role in ASuW is immeasurable with the aircrafts on board.

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA470202.pdf

Possibly, this argument from 90s through 2000s has been obsolete as US has achieved remarkable low costs for tomahawk, that made it eventually comparable to the 155mm rounds* initially planned to be used on Zumwalt class.

* also the gun system, maintenance non-commonality through other surface assets etc. yielding to higher costs.