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Naval · Ares Tersanesi (platform) + Meteksan Savunma (otonomi/veri-bağı); silah Roketsan/Aselsan · 2025
Türkiye's first armed unmanned surface vessel: a robot boat that sprints at 35 knots and fires missiles — the maritime arm of pilotless swarm attack.
Specifications
- Class: Armed Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV), composite hull
- Dimensions: 11 m length · ~2 t payload
- Speed / Range: 35 knots · 400 km operational radius
- Armament: 4× Cirit (~8 km) or 2× L-UMTAS + 2× Cirit, stabilised turret
- Sensor: Day/night EO, navigation/surveillance radar
- Variants: Strike · anti-ship (Atmaca) · ASW (torpedo) · reconnaissance/EW
Beats: İnsanı riske atmadan kıyı/boğaz devriyesi ve baskın, Sürü halinde ucuza nokta-taarruz ve doygunluk baskısı
Loses to: Açık denizde büyük savaş gemisine karşı dayanıksız, Veri-bağı/EH baskısı kesilirse görev riski; hava savunması yok
The USV family complements manned vessels: it takes on reconnaissance, patrol and assault roles. Its real strength lies not in any single platform but in the cheap multi-boat 'swarm' concept and modular mission packages.
Related systems
Related systems (Naval): TCG Anadolu, TF-2000, Atmaca, AKYA, ORKA, MARLİN SİDA, Hisar Sınıfı ADKG, MİLGEM, Reis Sınıfı, GÖKDENİZ