As we know Çafrad UMR is a Sea based version of Eirs ;
And eirs deliveries will start in 2021.
Just I'm thinking
Not for us but maybe for Pakistan, İf we incraese his vls 16 to 32 and add him back to one roteatable eirs like smart-L s bant + Mar-d x band like empar .
İt would be great low cost air defence frigate for pakistan or that kind of nations. Ship cost will be incrase 350 to 500 million but it still very cheap also we can add him 8x gezgin foldable launche behalf of 8 of the 16 of atmaca launchers ;
22x Siper Long Range
40x G-40 Medium Range
1x Phalanx
2x Stamp
8x Atmaca
8x Gezgin or Som-D
1x 76 mm
With same radar performance like horizon class and close to type 45 with the price of 500-600 millions. İt's can be have very good export success.
Do you think of something low-cost? Chinese already does that and delivers faster than we do, with their own existing anti-air missiles and radar systems.
Our first aim it to localize modules of an air defence system for ourselves. Later we may concern about something to sell.
The world has needed /needs modular corvettes offshore patrol vessels in smaller sizes with low operational cost and multi -mission capabilities. This is the only place where we could make international sales.
If you need something better than horizon class or at the same abilities you will end up spending more or less the same amount of money. Even trying to adapt a frigate design, expanding it all the way around will come with delays, design revisions which will cost time and money more than starting from scratch (in terms of a new design).
Sole reason why our TF2000 is not based on I-Class. Even as stop-gap TN hasnt considered modifying Iclass with further capabilities. It has already been stretched enough both in ada class and further in i class. Its the limit.
And for ships, you cant go like " here i made this for you, is there anyone to buy it?", Countries rather comes up like, "i need this capabilities, around this size, what do you offer ?"
This is more like how a design shapes out.
I am aware of that. I just don't think that neither this design is final nor it is official as of now. The project hasn't officially started yet.
I also think we won't see TF-100 as a separate class either. We are just not that rich to employ 3 different frigate classes. IMO we would procure İ-class frigates in batches of 4 and 12 frigates in total and 4 to 7 TF-2000 to supplement these. If only we had something like APAR for İ-class, that would be such a deadly supplement for a ship of that size.
Guided missiles are usually expensive
After TF-2000 frigate, design office wouldnt have further projects ( in terms of similar loads), and we would need to replace aged frigates with up to date designs. Even design of milgem has started to age and european rivals are coming with new innovations.
Moreover private companies involve more and spend more on design projects. This is not a big deal for us anymore in terms of capabilities, it's only a deal of the finance.
