The Turkish Navy already streched it's lines, as we know the Mediterranean is heating up now with the Russia-Ukraine incidents we might see even further increasing Russian Naval presence in the Black Sea which already increased it's fleet in order to "balance" those threats such cost-effective solutions to increase the combat fleet are welcome.
Those STM-500 would do a great job in all our seas especially in the Aegean and Black Sea, modern submarines the size of Type-214 for example are already hard to detect, such mini submarines are even harder to due less noise and smaller magnetic signature which makes it excellent for sneaking behind enemy lines ideal for sabotage/infiltration missions of Special Forces, gathering Intelligence and i hope with mine laying capabilities.
Looks like 2022 & 2023 are the years of the Navy.
Those STM-500 would do a great job in all our seas especially in the Aegean and Black Sea, modern submarines the size of Type-214 for example are already hard to detect, such mini submarines are even harder to due less noise and smaller magnetic signature which makes it excellent for sneaking behind enemy lines ideal for sabotage/infiltration missions of Special Forces, gathering Intelligence and i hope with mine laying capabilities.
Looks like 2022 & 2023 are the years of the Navy.