TR Air Defence Programs

[Anmdt]

420mm diameter, 6.3m (without booster),

Someone was talking about a dual pack huh?

Indeed, and that's why ASELSAN is working on both new missile seekers (big AESA seeker for Siper B2 and smaller ones for Gökhan and G/M-1)

Also, it is important to note that ASELSAN is currently working on radars with performance or doctrine never seen in TAF before. ALP-600G is a building-radar. (I don't exactly know the terminology, but they are radars as big as buildings, not radars on top of a building but radars being the building itself)

These building-radars are used for satellite and ballistic missile tracking by the US and Russia. Don-2N, Daryal, Dnepr, Voronezh, AN/FPS-85/115/132, LRDR etc.

ALP-500G (mounted on top of a building): View attachment 71812
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ALP-600G (building-radar):
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This is a good point, ALP-600G or ALP-500G is not the SEIRS. I will bet on ALP-500G being a portable high altitude radar from its size. Even a dual-band radar.

 

[Radonsider]

Someone was talking about a dual pack huh?


This is a good point, ALP-600G or ALP-500G is not the SEIRS. I will bet on ALP-500G being a portable high altitude radar from its size. Even a dual-band radar.

500G could be the Turkish TPY-2, given it's size and shape

 

[Sanchez]

Someone was talking about a dual pack huh?


This is a good point, ALP-600G or ALP-500G is not the SEIRS. I will bet on ALP-500G being a portable high altitude radar from its size. Even a dual-band radar.

"With the aim of taking the defense power of the Turkish Armed Forces to the highest level thanks to the stage reached and the knowledge gained in the ALP-300G, and in line with the decision of the Defense Industry Executive Committee, the development of the ALP-500G Fixed Early Warning Radar System, the largest member of the early warning radar family to date, has been initiated. Beyond being just a radar, the ALP-500G stands out as an integrated sensor solution with its own building and a dome radome infrastructure, which will be designed and produced nationally for the first time. The ALP-500G will have a capability far beyond existing early warning radars in terms of detection range performance."

Aselsan 2023 official report calls 500G SEİRS. Page 115. https://wwwcdn.aselsan.com/api/file/ASELSAN_2023_FAALIYET_RAPORU_20240530.pdf

Only image we have for it so far from Aselsan's instagram account. Interestingly calls it transportable via trucks and aircraft, but from what else is said about it, it will only be deployed on fixed locations:

 

[TheInsider]

I am wondering if SIPER block 3 can be integrated seamlessly with existing C2 and sensor architecture like block 2 is supposed to be. In this way TUrAF and potential export operators can gain ABM capability just by procuring the interceptor. @TheInsider

Yes and no. Any friendly nation might buy Siper 3 and use it with existing batteries but to take advantage of its full capabilities Aselsan YIRAD (High Altitude radar) is needed at the minimum. Turkiye also plans to deploy space-based sensors after 2030 to further improve effectiveness of the system.

BTW according to dimensions shared Siper-1 (235mm diameter without booster, 370mm with booster) can be quadpacked if a new booster is designed. I think using the booster of Atmaca was a good call as a stop-gap solution but Roketsan should design a new booster for Siper-1 with a diameter smaller than 254mm. Efficient use of VLS cells is very important. I class ships can carry 8x4 Hisar, 4x4 Siper-1 and 4x Gezgin as a standard combat load.

 

[Anmdt]

"With the aim of taking the defense power of the Turkish Armed Forces to the highest level thanks to the stage reached and the knowledge gained in the ALP-300G, and in line with the decision of the Defense Industry Executive Committee, the development of the ALP-500G Fixed Early Warning Radar System, the largest member of the early warning radar family to date, has been initiated. Beyond being just a radar, the ALP-500G stands out as an integrated sensor solution with its own building and a dome radome infrastructure, which will be designed and produced nationally for the first time. The ALP-500G will have a capability far beyond existing early warning radars in terms of detection range performance."

Aselsan 2023 official report calls 500G SEİRS. Page 115. https://wwwcdn.aselsan.com/api/file/ASELSAN_2023_FAALIYET_RAPORU_20240530.pdf

Only image we have for it so far from Aselsan's instagram account. Interestingly calls it transportable via trucks and aircraft, but from what else is said about it, it will only be deployed on fixed locations:

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Yes but on the other hand images show 500G as something similar to AN-TPY2