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Ivan Kirichevsky
September 1, 2021, 5:24 p.m.
Our "Neptune" is still deprived of the ability to hit ground targets
If, following the example of Turkish colleagues from Roketsan, our designers create the possibility for Neptune to fire at ground targets and launch missiles in a "swarm", Ukraine will receive another element of the "missile shield" and asymmetric deterrent to the aggressor.
During the IDEF-2021 exhibition, which took place in Istanbul from 16 to 20 August this year, the Turkish corporation Roketsan presented its new development - a ground version of the cruise missile Atmaca, called Kara Atmaca.
The publication of the European Defense Rewiew portal states that Roketsan showed only a model of this missile complex at the exhibition.
Read also: How Russia will apply the new 14th brigade kit OTRK "Iskander-M": analysis of Defense Express
This is exactly what the stand where Roketsan presented the Kara Atmaca missile system during IDEF-2021 looked like.
However, it seems that Roketsan Corporation already has a prototype of the ground version of the Atmaca rocket, otherwise it would not have planned to start testing it in 2022. If the test cycle is successful and on schedule, the Turkish Armed Forces will receive a nationally developed surface-to-air missile system in 2025.
Model of a machine with a Kara Atmaca launcher at the Roketsan stand
The portal claims that work on the ground version of the Atmaca rocket - Kara Atmaca - Roketsan Corporation began in 2019. The main difference - Kara Atmaca has become multi-purpose, and is designed not only to destroy ships, but also ground targets, such as missiles, fortifications or communications, positions of enemy troops and more.
Illustrative render depicting the launch of a promising Kara Atmaca missile from a ground launcher
Tactical and technical characteristics of the promising Kara Atmaca missile are sharpened for "multi-purpose". Its stated range is 280 kilometers, but the authors of the European Defense Rewiew called this assessment "conservative."
The basic ground version of this missile from the ship - a longer hull length (6 meters vs. 5.2 meters with an accelerator in the ship version), greater launch weight (890 kilograms vs. 750 kilograms), greater warhead weight - 250 kilograms against 220 kilograms.
Differences in onboard equipment - anti-ship missile Kara Atmaca in the ground version, in contrast to the basic "ship" version, received a navigation system TERCOM, which allows you to fly at low altitudes, bypassing the uneven terrain.
It is also announced that Kara Atmaca will have the option of re-targeting in flight, and the missile's onboard equipment will be able to collect intelligence on the flight route, in particular - to assess the damage received after hitting the previous missile.
The Atmaca anti-ship missile, which has a range of up to 200 kilometers, is to replace the Harpoon anti-ship missile in the Turkish Navy, photo illustrative
In fact, the designers of the Turkish defense corporation Roketsan have radically improved their cruise missile Atmaca, mass production of which began this year: they have expanded the range of targets that can hit Kara Atmaca, and essentially created the ability to produce missiles of this complex "swarm" that can collect in-flight information to evaluate the results of the previous strike, and also to re-aim during the flight.
A car with launchers of the "Peregrine Falcon" complex during the rehearsal of the Independence Day parade, August 18, 2021
If our missile system "Neptune" receives the same kind of improvement - that is, the ability to fire at ground targets and launch missiles "swarm", Ukraine will receive another element of the "missile shield" and asymmetric deterrent to the aggressor.
The version of "Neptune" for shooting at ground targets could complement the operational and tactical complex "Peregrine", and in the future - to replace the OTRK "Point-U", so far the only complex of its kind in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ukraine is still the only country that has been able to modernize the same "Point-U" on its own. But it's time to rise to a new technological level
defence-ua.com
September 1, 2021, 5:24 p.m.
Our "Neptune" is still deprived of the ability to hit ground targets
If, following the example of Turkish colleagues from Roketsan, our designers create the possibility for Neptune to fire at ground targets and launch missiles in a "swarm", Ukraine will receive another element of the "missile shield" and asymmetric deterrent to the aggressor.
During the IDEF-2021 exhibition, which took place in Istanbul from 16 to 20 August this year, the Turkish corporation Roketsan presented its new development - a ground version of the cruise missile Atmaca, called Kara Atmaca.
The publication of the European Defense Rewiew portal states that Roketsan showed only a model of this missile complex at the exhibition.
Read also: How Russia will apply the new 14th brigade kit OTRK "Iskander-M": analysis of Defense Express
This is exactly what the stand where Roketsan presented the Kara Atmaca missile system during IDEF-2021 looked like.
However, it seems that Roketsan Corporation already has a prototype of the ground version of the Atmaca rocket, otherwise it would not have planned to start testing it in 2022. If the test cycle is successful and on schedule, the Turkish Armed Forces will receive a nationally developed surface-to-air missile system in 2025.
Model of a machine with a Kara Atmaca launcher at the Roketsan stand
The portal claims that work on the ground version of the Atmaca rocket - Kara Atmaca - Roketsan Corporation began in 2019. The main difference - Kara Atmaca has become multi-purpose, and is designed not only to destroy ships, but also ground targets, such as missiles, fortifications or communications, positions of enemy troops and more.
Illustrative render depicting the launch of a promising Kara Atmaca missile from a ground launcher
Tactical and technical characteristics of the promising Kara Atmaca missile are sharpened for "multi-purpose". Its stated range is 280 kilometers, but the authors of the European Defense Rewiew called this assessment "conservative."
The basic ground version of this missile from the ship - a longer hull length (6 meters vs. 5.2 meters with an accelerator in the ship version), greater launch weight (890 kilograms vs. 750 kilograms), greater warhead weight - 250 kilograms against 220 kilograms.
Differences in onboard equipment - anti-ship missile Kara Atmaca in the ground version, in contrast to the basic "ship" version, received a navigation system TERCOM, which allows you to fly at low altitudes, bypassing the uneven terrain.
It is also announced that Kara Atmaca will have the option of re-targeting in flight, and the missile's onboard equipment will be able to collect intelligence on the flight route, in particular - to assess the damage received after hitting the previous missile.
The Atmaca anti-ship missile, which has a range of up to 200 kilometers, is to replace the Harpoon anti-ship missile in the Turkish Navy, photo illustrative
In fact, the designers of the Turkish defense corporation Roketsan have radically improved their cruise missile Atmaca, mass production of which began this year: they have expanded the range of targets that can hit Kara Atmaca, and essentially created the ability to produce missiles of this complex "swarm" that can collect in-flight information to evaluate the results of the previous strike, and also to re-aim during the flight.
A car with launchers of the "Peregrine Falcon" complex during the rehearsal of the Independence Day parade, August 18, 2021
If our missile system "Neptune" receives the same kind of improvement - that is, the ability to fire at ground targets and launch missiles "swarm", Ukraine will receive another element of the "missile shield" and asymmetric deterrent to the aggressor.
The version of "Neptune" for shooting at ground targets could complement the operational and tactical complex "Peregrine", and in the future - to replace the OTRK "Point-U", so far the only complex of its kind in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ukraine is still the only country that has been able to modernize the same "Point-U" on its own. But it's time to rise to a new technological level
Туреччина розробляє наземний комплекс з ракетою Atmaca: що можна запозичити для вдосконалення "Нептуна" | Defense Express
Якщо за прикладом турецьких колег із Roketsan наші конструктори створять "Нептуну" можливість стрільби по наземним цілям та випускати ракети "роєм", Україна отримає ще один елемент "ракетного щита" та асиметричного стримування агресора
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