Turkey establish a new military naval force for the security of drilling platforms

[cabatli_53]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1067694268196798464

 

[MMM-E]

Turkey's claims are partly overlapping with Cyprus' EEZ blocks 1, 4, 6, and 7
Turkey also supports Northern Cyprus' claims in blocks 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 12, and 13, including seabed within a few km of the Aphrodite gas field located in Block 12 of unilaterally declared EEZ and believed to hold 3.6 to 6 trillion cubic feet of natural gas


the international maritime law of the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, national territories have a continental shelf of up to 200 miles, while islands have territorial waters extending up to 12 miles. For instance, the 6th Block falls within the limits of Turkey's 200-mile continental shelf



2 days ago Turkey expanded gas exploration with second offshore drilling in Mediterranean

 

[cabatli_53]

T type Fast Attack Boats with their high speed and national striking armaments will play the vital role in new naval force to be charged to protect offshore petrol/gas drilling units inside Turkish EEZ.

TAIS proposal

It is expected that SSB will announce the shipyard that get the deal to construct those ships.

RMK proposal

The winner will construct 10 T-Type FAC and deliver to TN in a short time period.

Ares proposal

The costs of that program is around 800 million $.

STM proposal

 

[MMM-E]

10 new type Fast Attack Missile Boats .... Nobody can enter to Turkish EEZ

-- 62/63 meters
-- 50/55 knots speed
-- 250km SMART-S 3D Radar
-- 76 mm Oto Melara super rapid gun
-- 21 x RAM
-- 8 x ATMACA Anti ship Missiles ... ( range of 220+ km )



also Turkish Armed Forces should arm Coastlines with land based 220+ km ATMACA Anti ship Missiles to protect Turkish EEZ

 

[Senang Diri]

10 new type Fast Attack Missile Boats .... Nobody can enter to Turkish EEZ

-- 62/63 meters
-- 50/55 knots speed
-- 250km SMART-S 3D Radar
-- 76 mm Oto Melara super rapid gun
-- 21 x RAM
-- 8 x ATMACA Anti ship Missiles ... ( range of 220+ km )



also Turkish Armed Forces should arm Coastlines with land based 220+ km ATMACA Anti ship Missiles to protect Turkish EEZ

Looks awfully similar to Harpoon AShM.

 

[MMM-E]

Looks awfully similar to Harpoon AShM.

Technically not


HARPOON

Range : 140 km
Weight : 780 kg
Lenght : 4,63 m
Wing span : 0,91 m
Diameter : 343 mm
Guidance : GPS , INS , RA
Seeker : RF
Network enabled capability : NO



ATMACA

Range : 220+ km
Weight : 800 kg
Lenght : 6 m
Wing span : 1,4 m
Diameter : 350 mm
Guidance : GPS , INS , RA , DL
Seeker : RF and IIR by 2019
Network enabled capability : YES

 

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Too much focus on surface assets and not enough on air assets.. We need Air Superiority above all.

 

[MMM-E]

Turkish Airforce would buy 50 Eurofighter with some TOT in 2000s but Turkey joined to F-35 program in 2002 and we are still waiting for F-35s

its so late to buy air superiority Fighters for the Turkish Airforce ( Turkey develops TF-X air superiority Fighter Jet )

better option is to buy more S400 air Defense Systems ( 4 + 4 ) with over 380 of 250km 48N6 air defense missiles for $5 billion and to integrate S400s with Turkish 600+ km EIRS early warning AESA Radars and national long range IFF Systems to block airspace on Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean against Fighter Jets

and to produce 500+ km SOM-ER air launched Cruise Missiles and 800 km GEZGIN land-naval based Cruise Missiles and 1.000+ km BORA-II Ballistic Missiles to engage on targets in Israel and Egypt for deterrence

120km TRG-300 guided MLRS , 150km J600T and 165 km ATACMS and 280km KHAN Tactical Ballistic Missiles , 220+ km ATMACA land based Missile ( land attack / anti ship capability ) and 300km SOM Cruise Missile can engage on military and strategic targets in Greece and Greek Islands


also We should produce 8 TF-2000 class Destroyers instead of 4 ( what a great fire power ... Nobody can match with this power in the region )

32 or 48 cells VLS x 8 Destroyers = 256 or 384 cells VLS for 512 or 1024 HISAR-O medium altitude air Defense Missiles and 128 SIPER high altitude air Defense Missiles and 128 ATMACA anti ship Missiles


Turkey has enough money , even Turkey gave over $15 billion to muslim countries for humanitarian aid in the last 2 years

 

[dBSPL]

T type Fast Attack Boats with their high speed and national striking armaments will play the vital role in new naval force to be charged to protect offshore petrol/gas drilling units inside Turkish EEZ.

TAIS proposal

It is expected that SSB will announce the shipyard that get the deal to construct those ships.

RMK proposal

The winner will construct 10 T-Type FAC and deliver to TN in a short time period.

Ares proposal

The costs of that program is around 800 million $.

STM proposal
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No one is at the desired level yet. It's a very difficult project. Navy Force wants the impossible. A ship to meet the requirements of the navy's this tender is not built yet in any navy. It could be a more accurate approach to addressing needs under multiple platforms.

 

[Neptune]

Too much focus on surface assets and not enough on air assets.. We need Air Superiority above all.

Air support to naval operations have traditionally been a task and responsibility for the Air Force. However, as far as I remember, the proposed number of F-35Bs the Naval Forces plans to procure are 32 planes. The thing is certain, if navy on the longer run gets a second LHD, it is unlikely that neither ship would be used in a maximized aerial combat for possible strategic losses if the ships are damaged somehow. When the reserve and spare procurement are taken into account, still this is a huge number for a navy at the size of DZKK. So I think on the longer run, navy might also have planned to augment its aerial warfare capabilities.