Turkey’s Growing Military Expeditionary Posture until 2030

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Turkey’s Growing Military Expeditionary Posture to counter threats


A glance at the Turkish Armed Forces’ recent combat record demonstrates that Turkey’s defense policy now extends well beyond its borders


Turkish Drones loitering in the Syrian Airspace
Turkish Navy Frigates along the Libyan coast
Turkish military advisors in Tripoli/Libya alongside Government of National Accord (GNA) formations
Turkish mountain Commando units operating in Northern Iraq,
and high-ranking Turkish officers in Qatar and Somalia are all pretty common to see now

Overall, the Turkish military is fast becoming an expeditionary actor in league with Ankara’s geopolitical worldview




Top 20 Weapons to make the Turkish Armed Forces as unrivaled in the region




1 ) 6 Reis-class (Type-214) AIP Submarines

between 2022 and 2027, total of 6 Reis-class (Type-214) AIP Submarines will enter into service

Length : 67,6 m
Displacement : 2013 tons
Range : 12.000 nm
Speed : 20 knots
Endurance : 84 days

UGM-84A Harpoon Blok II or ATMACA Anti ship Missile
GEZGIN Land attack Cruise Missile
AKYA heavyweight Torpedo
ARES-2NS Electronic Warfare System
ZARGANA Soft-kill Torpedo counter measure System
TORK Hard-kill Torpedo Countermeasure System


Submarines are equipped with state-of-the-art detection and targeting systems, which turn these platforms into silent and deadly hunters that would threaten the hostile surface action group positioned in the Eastern Mediterranean

2) The ambitious TF-X Programme

Another milestone in the Turkish Air Force’s future capabilities to match with F-15 , Rafale , Eurofighter , SU-35 , etc in the region

Roll out : 2023
First flight : 2025
Enter service : 2029

Length: 21 m
Wingspan: 14 m
Height: 6 m
Wing area: 60 m2
Max takeoff weight: 27,215 kg (60,000 lb)
Maximum speed: Mach 1.8
Combat range: 1,100 km
Service ceiling: 17,000 m (55,000 ft)

IRFS (AESA Radar, Electronic Warfare )
Advanced Navigation Features (ICNI)
Integrated Electro-Optical Systems (IEOS)
Infrared Search and Track (IRST)
Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS)
Advanced Cockpit / Human Machine Interface

in 2018 Turkey has started developing national turbofan engine for the TF-X

3) S-400 Air Defense System

Radar range : 600 km
Firing range : 380 km ( 40N6 missile )

The best Air Defense System in the world to intercept Fighter Jets , AWACS , Bombers

Turkey develops its own HISAR-SIPER low-medium-high altitude Air Defense Family

HISAR-A low altitude Air Defense System
HISAR-O medium altitude Air Defense System
SIPER high altitude Air Defense System

Turkish HISAR-A , HISAR-O and SIPER low-medium-high altitude Air Defense Systems to intercept Cruise Missiles , Helicopters , UAV-UCAVs and Fighter Jets

Range : 10-25-50-70-120 km
Altitude : 10 - 15 -20 km
Guidance/Seeker : Midcourse Guidance with INS and Data Link -- Terminal Guadiance withImaging Infrared Seeker

4) ISTIF class stealth Frigate

4 ISTIF class stealth Frigates will enter into service between 2023 and 2026

Length : 113m
Displacement : 3000 tons
Range : 6000 nm
Speed : 29 knots

GENESIS Combat Management System
250 km SMART-S mk2 search Radar
ASELSAN ALPER LPI Surface Radar
AKREP (AKR-D Block B-1/2) Fire Control Radar
ASELSAN Piri IRST
TBT-01 Yakamoz or Fersah Hull Mounted Sonar
SeaEye-AHTAPOT EO Reconnaisance and Survellience System
Aselsan ARES-2N Electronic Warfare System
Aselsan HIZIR Torpedo counter measure System
16 cells VLS

-- 1 x 76 mm Gun
-- 16 x ATMACA Anti ship Missiles ( 250 km )
-- 64 x ESSM or HISAR Air Defense Missiles
-- 1 x GOKDENIZ 35 mm CIWS
-- 6 x Torpedos
-- 2 x 25 mm Aselsan STOP Machine Gun Platforms
-- 1 x Sikorsky S70 Seahawk ASW Helicopter

5 ) TF-2000 class Destroyer

7 TF-2000 class Destroyers will be in service between 2027 and 2033

Length : 160 m
Displacement : 7000 tons
Speed : 29 knots

GENESIS Combat Management System
CAFRAD Multi Functional Phased Array Radar ( 450km )
Aselsan ARES-2N Electronic Warfare System
Aselsan HIZIR Torpedo counter measure System
Aselsan HIZIR-LFAS Low Frequency Towed Active Sonar

64 cells VLS

1 x 127 mm Oto Melara Naval Gun
16 x ATMACA Anti ship Missiles
HISAR-O Air Defense Missile
SIPER long range Air Defense Missile
GEZGIN Naval Cruise Missile
35mm KORKUT-D CIWS
25 mm Aselsan STAMP
ORKA Lightweight Torpedo
Sikorsky S-70B Seahawk Helicopter

6) HAVASOJ Stand-Off Jammer Shadow Project

Remote Electronic Support and Electronic Attack (ED / ET) capability project (HAVASOJ - Air Stand Off Jammer) in the air platform

Airborne SOJ will be produced for the purpose of detecting and diagnosing enemy communicationsystems and radars (air defense, early warning, etc.), finding their location, and mixing and deceiving these systems in order not to use them against Turkish Airforce especially in cross-border operations

4 Aircrafts deliveries will be made between 2023-2027

7) KHAN/BORA Ballistic Missile

Turkey has Ballistic missile technology with a range of up to 1,000 km
Some of the foreign capitals falling within that range if a missile is fired from Turkey include Damascus, Baghdad, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Cairo, Athens

8) 800 - 1.400 km GEZGIN strategic Cruise Missile

Turkish defense industry to develop long-range conventional precision strike capacity through the GEZGIN (Voyager) sea-launched cruise missile, resembling the American Tomahawk and Russian Kalibr missiles

Turkey manage to integrate the GEZGIN cruise missiles into the forthcoming Reis-class Submarines,
This would register a true capability boost by equipping a silent underwater platform with a long-range, high-precision strike asset

9) ATMACA and SOM-C Anti ship Missiles

Diameter : 350 mm
Length : 6 m
Weight : 800 kg
Warhead : 250 kg
Range : 250 km
Guidance : INS+GPS+RA+DL
Seeker : Active RF ( IIR )
Speed : high subsonic
Network enabled capability : YES

-- super sea skimming ( less than 3 m )
-- zigzag maneuver that makes it difficult for anti missile batteries

There will be land based Coastal Defense Variant

also ATMACA ground to ground Cruise Missile will be in service for Turkish Army

SOM air launched Cruise Missile

-- warhead : 230 kg
-- precision strike capability against both land or sea targets
-- Terrain hugging and Sea skimming
-- Low observable
-- Highly survivable
-- High precision navigation with INS/GPS/TRN/IBN/ATR
-- Highly precise terminal guidance with IIR and data fusion
-- Target of opportunity capability
-- In-flight retargeting capability
-- Network enabled capability
-- Universal armament interface compatibility

Turkey produce more 415 SOM Cruise Missiles

10) Baykar AKINCI UCAV .... ( one of the best in the world )

Turkish AKINCI UCAVs will be enough to wipe out enemy Navy , Air Defense Systems , Attack Helicopters , Tanks , Howitzers , etc

-- 280 km SOM-C anti ship missile to hit even moving Warships
-- 280 km SOM-B network enabled Cruise Missiles to hit Air Defense Systems like S300VM
-- 100 km KUZGUN joint attack Bomb with IIR seeker to hit mobile Air Defense Systems like PANTSIR, TOR-M2 and BUK
-- 150+ km KGK-LR glide Bomb with IIR seeker to hit even moving targets
-- 65 km GOKDOGAN air to air missile to hit Attack Helicopters or UCAVs
-- 8 km UMTAS anti Tank Missile with top attack capability to destroy Tanks

Length : 12,3 m
Height : 4,1 m
Wingspan : 20 m
MTOW : 4.500-5.000 kg
Payload : 1300-1500 kg
Endurance : 24 hours
Service ceiling : 40.000 feet

-- AESA Radar
-- SATCOM
-- Electronic Data Gathering ( ELINT / COMINT )
-- 6 multi-core Artificial Intelligence Computers

11) MIUS UCAV by 2023

3,5-4 tons MTOW
1.000 kg payload
Aselsan GaN based AESA Radar ( ( air search , Synthetic Aperture , weather )
Artificial Intelligence Algorithms
Aselsan Electronic Data Gathering ( ELINT / COMINT )
SATCOM with Turksat-6A Communication Satellite ( thousands of km Combat Radius )
AI-25TL Turbofan Engine
Speed of mach 0,9
40.000 feet altitude
Air to Air Missiles
Strategic strike , SEAD/DEAD role

to carry AESA Radar + SOM / MRASHM Cruise Missiles for SEAD/DEAD role or KUZGUN joint strike munitions for air-to-ground high presicion strike or BOZDOGAN-GOKDOGAN Air to Air Missiles for intercaptor role

12) TCG ANADOLU Amphibious Assault Ship

will be in service by 2022

Length : 232 m
Displacement : 27400 tons
Range : 9000 nm
Speed : 21 knots

Possibilities of the usage of HURJET light attack Jet and TB-3 UCAV on TCG ANADOLU Amphibious Assault Ship

13) RAMJET powered supersonic Anti-Ship Misille

Range : 150 km
Speed: mach 2,9

14) Turkish Navy 12 Anti Submarine Warfare Aircrafts


6 CN-235-100M Anti Submarine Warfare Aircrafts
6 ATR 72-600 Anti Submarine Warfare Aircrafts

 

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15) MEKO-200TM class Frigate

Barbaros Class Frigate Half-Life Modernization Project ( about €250 million )
4 Ships are planned to be delivered to the Turkish Navy until 2025


-- Havelsan Network Enabled Data Integrated (GENESIS ADVENT) Combat Management System
-- Aselsan TAKS Fire Control System
-- Aselsan SMART-S MK-II 3D Radar
-- Aselsan MAR-D 3B AESA Radar
-- Aselsan AKR-D X and Ka-Band fire control Radars
-- Aselsan ARES-2N Electronic Warfare System
-- Aselsan PIRI Panoramic Infrared Imaging - KATS Infrared Search and Track system
-- Aselsan FERSAH Carina Mounted Sonar System
-- Aselsan HIZIR Torpedo counter measure System

-- 127 mm Gun
-- Aselsan STOP 25mm Remote Controlled Stabilized Cannon System
-- Aselsan GOKDENIZ 35mm CIWS
-- 64x ESSM/HISAR Air Defense Missiles
-- 16x ATMACA Anti ship Missiles
-- 6x ORKA Lightweight Torpedoes

16) ADA class stealth Corvette

4 Corvettes are in service

Turkey’s Ada-class stealth Corvettes are another naval platform that present a lethal challenge to surface action groups and supply ships operating in the Mediterranean

These highly stealthy ships have extremely reduced radar, IR and acoustic signatures, and they are backed by a low probability of intercept (LPI) radar that could sneak up to enemy surface vessels and deliver a lethal blow

Length : 99,5 m
Displacement : 2400 tons
Range : 3500 nm
Speed : 29 knots

GENESIS Combat Management System
250 km SMART-S mk2 search Radar
TBT-01 Yakamoz Sonar
Aselsan ARES-2N Electronic Warfare System
Aselsan HIZIR Torpedo counter measure System

-- 1 x 76 mm Oto Melera Super Rapid Gun ( 40 km )
-- 8 x HARPOON Anti ship Missiles ( 140 km )
-- 21 x RAM ( 9 km )
-- 6 x Mk 46 Mod 5 Torpedos
-- 2 x 12,7 mm Aselsan STAMP Stabilized Machine Gun Platforms
-- 1 x Sikorsky S70 Seahawk ASW Helicopter

17 ) KARGI anti-radiation Drone to revolutionize the way wars are fought in the region


The drone itself is the main munition with high explosive warhead
This SEAD optimised loitering munition is designed to attack targets by self destructing into them

The KARGI Drone can either operate fully autonomously using its anti radar homing system or it can take a human-in-the-loop mode

The KARGI Drone to be designed to minimize its radar signature through stealth
This anti-radiation drone to target enemy air defense systems in a first line of attack from 1.000+ km away


Turkish KARGI will replace 100 of Israeli HARPY kamikaze Drones in Turkish Army




18) Military Satellites for the Turkish Armed Forces

-- GOKTURK-1 high resolution earth observation Satellite (greater than 50 cm)
-- GOKTURK-2 National Reconnaissance and Surveillance Satellite
-- GOKTURK-3 Aperture Radar (SAR) Satellite System
-- IMECE Earth Observation Satellite

19) 4 Boeing E-7T AEWCs

The radar is capable of simultaneous air and sea search, fighter control and area search, with a maximum range of over 600 km (look-up mode)

The radar antenna array is also doubled as an ELINT array, with a maximum range of over 850 km at 9,000 metres (30,000 ft) altitude

Early Warning Radar System (EİRS)

600+ km Aselsan EIRS is a new generation S-Band AESA Radar
EIRS has the ability to detect and track aircrafts, fighter jets , ballistic missiles, anti-radiation missiles and stealth/low RCS targets from very long ranges

20) ADVANCED ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS

Aselsan KORAL Radar Electronic Warfare System to jam and deceive hostile radars ...( only Turkey in the region and in service )

 

[Mohamed Bin Tughlaq]

Where is the link website to this article?

 

[Juggernaut_Flat_Plane_V8]

good posting

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

I think Erdoğan is being too ambitious he should take it a bit slower. Grow Turkish power without illiciting sanctions from the big bullies of the world. When strong enough emerge as a lion nestled between Europe, Asia and MENA. Aslan gibi .

 

[Cherub786]

Will Turkey intervene to help fellow Turkic nation Kyrgyzstan, as it intervened last year in favor of Azerbaijan?

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

Will Turkey intervene to help fellow Turkic nation Kyrgyzstan, as it intervened last year in favor of Azerbaijan?

I think it is too risky. Turkey should lay low for a little bit.

 

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Will Turkey intervene to help fellow Turkic nation Kyrgyzstan, as it intervened last year in favor of Azerbaijan?

Kyrgyzstan is in Turkic Council

Turkey can give TB-2 UCAVs to Kyrgyzstan to hunt enemy Soldiers , Tanks , Howitzers , MLRS, IFVs even Air Defense Systems

Turkish UCAVs will be enough for victory

 

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21) Turkey speeds up works on anti-ballistic missiles

Turkey speeds up works on critical systems like anti-ballistic missiles

Turkey has stepped up efforts to develop anti-ballistic missile systems, a critical technology owned by few countries.For instance, a leading local...

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Turkey has stepped up efforts to develop anti-ballistic missile systems, a critical technology owned by few countries

In addition to our Hisar and Siper air defense systems will speed up our design and technology development studies for the development of missile defense systems that will eliminate ballistic missiles by engaging in the upper layer

TUBITAK develops DACS for Ballistic Missile Defense System

Turkish space program will leverage Turkey's breakthroughs in launch, rocket, and control technologies in Space

130km Altitude Test in 2018

 

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22) TAI T-929 Attack Helicopter


First fight : 2023
Enter service : 2025

Turkey will become 3rd Country that developed 10+ tons class heavy Attack Helicopter after The US and Russia


MTOW : 11 tons
Speed : 172 kts ( 318 km/h )
Service ceiling : 20.000 feet ( 6.096 m )
Operation envelope : between -40 / +50 C day and night

MILDAR Millimeter wave fire control Radar
HEHSIS 360 degree Electronic Warfare Counter Measure System
DIRCM Infrared Counter Measure System
Target Detection System
Helicopter Obstacle Detection System
Modular Avionics Architecture
4 axis Autopilot
HELMET Integrated Display System
Ballistic protection heavy armored Cockpit ( resistant to 12.7 mm ammunition )
1200 kg weapon payload capacity

-- 30 mm Gun with buried munition box
-- CIRIT 70 mm laser guided Rockets
-- MIZRAK Anti Tank Missiles ( up to 16 ATGMs )
-- Air to Air Missiles