Even then it has only enough to fill the 21 slot on each ship and leave very little sparea counting the ones on the launchers, probably enough for just 1 ships worth of spares. Wouldn't last in an actual war.
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According to a U.S. House of Representatives report, the U.S. government approved the FMS of 94 RIM-116 missiles for the Turkish Navy
According to the report, the FMS, valued at $90 million, includes the sale of 94 Mk 44 MOD 4 (tactical) RAM Guided Missile Round Packs, 3 Mk 47 MOD 9 telemeter missiles, and 1 blast test vehicle. The package also covers transportation and storage containers, as well as technical data from the U.S. Navy’s RAM Program Office on behalf of RAM-System GmbH (RAMSYS) for the Turkish Navy.
The missiles will be deployed on the Turkish Navy’s ADA-class corvettes, which are equipped with the RAM point defence missile system as part of their self-defence capabilities. Originally, the system was intended to be installed on I-class frigates, but after U.S. sanctions were imposed, the Turkish defence industry opted to mount the indigenous Gökdeniz 35-mm close-in weapon system (CIWS) on the TCG Istanbul instead.
@Tayfun Ozberk
Turkey originally got 125 missiles for 4 Ada Class ships. There was also a DSCA notice from 2016 for 150 more for I Class and Anadolu but as far as I remember, that sale never happened. So this is actually about an 80% increase in the missile stock. And now Turkey only asked for more missiles for Ada Class ships, which will probably be enough for the type's remaining service life. As we know, we never put RAM on I Class or the Anadolu. So, good business, saves us from having to replace those RAMs during Ada Class' MLU.Even then it has only enough to fill the 21 slot on each ship and leave very little sparea counting the ones on the launchers, probably enough for just 1 ships worth of spares. Wouldn't last in an actual war.
They are like clockwork.
As soon as our own projects seems to be materializing, they approved RAM's.