I agree. We should rope in Aselsan, Roketsan, etc to help with fine-tuning our own similar subsonic AShM and work with them on supersonic AShM technologies. I'd prefer do high-level R&D research across relevant areas, and then each side applies its learning on its own solutions.
PNS Haybat is FAC(M)-4. Currently, there are only 2 OPV-1800 (Yarmouk and Tabouk) on order.
makes sense as OPV's seem to be named after battles such as Yarmook, Tabouk and Missile craft, traditionally carry such names as jallalat, Jurrat, etc.
I am pretty sure they will, Damen OPV can easily carry 2x2 anti ship missile launchers .
You turn to have the CIWS face said threat, thats usually how that works. In terms of main gun, its almost certainly the Aselsan SMASH, you can see the mount. The AK-630 is an exceptionally bad CIWS. Its manually aimed and uh, the P_hit numbers are not very reassuring.
The same target, with an AK630, the P_hit is 20%.[/QUOTE]
Putting a SAM on them would be a pain, you need targeting systems and launchers obviously, the best solution for a boat like this is the SEARAM as it has its own radar and can operate independently of a ships CMS, of course, this is unrealistic so the next best choice is the HHQ-10.[/QUOTE]
Yeah man, i know that. Thats my point. If you have a less than ideal position for your rear facing CIWS and you have a weapon station in the front which could likely house another CIWS which can perform all the tasks of a SMASH 30mm Gun plus provide aerial coverage, then why would you not go with the CIWS. I hope that is more clear. Whether they use phalanx (most likely given Gokdeniz will be on MILGEM and the Amazon which are retiring already jave Phalanx) in the rear or not, the positioning of the CIWS station is not good, specifically because of the design of the ships vertical stacks. The ship is designednas an OPV with numerous guns and mission support equipment so that is understandable. It was never meant as a warship but a patrol craft for policing. To turn it into a warship in time of need represents a less than ideal senario which, due to its design, is even worse. It will perform the Anti ship role just fine, but PN (Much like PAF and its love of fighter only aircraft without any significant attention paid to strike roles) is fixated on anti-ship capacity that it has completely forgotten its defensive capacity for anti-air/antimissile. It younare going to use a ship primarily as an OVP and want to potentially flip it into a corvette role in times of war, why on earth would you select a design which will hamper its ability to defend itself. You are asking it to make a 180 degree turn in order to deal with weapons coming from the one side of the ship. This is a ship that isnt carrying powerful air tracking/targeting radars. By the time it sees even a subsonic missile, it will not be able to turn to fight it off with its ciws. That is why i say switch the SMASH for AK-630. IF phalanx or Gokdeniz will fit, thats fine too (but I doubt they will). We have seen ak630 in the role of a main gun on Type 022 FAC which are far smaller than Yarmooks. Plus on an OPV who will be dealing with smaller craft on the seas, the ciws is one of the most potent weapons in its arsenal (see how USN plans to deal with Irans fleet of tiny FACs). If you can get a SeaRAM or FL-3000N in the rear weapon station all the better. All of the 12.7mm stations should be equipped with Aselsan STAMP.
