Atmaca
{{short description|Turkish anti-ship missile}}
{{Infobox weapon
| name = ATMACA
| image = Missile Rocketsan Teknofest2023 (1).jpg
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| caption = The Atmaca Missile at Teknofest in 2023
| type = Anti-ship cruise missile
Surface-to-surface missile
Submarine-launched cruise missile
| origin = {{TUR}}
| is_ranged = Yes
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| is_explosive = Yes
| is_artillery = Yes
| is_vehicle = Yes
| is_missile = Yes
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| used_by = See Users
| designer = Roketsan
| design_date = 2009-2018
| manufacturer = Roketsan
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| production_date = 2018
| number = Unknown
| variants = See Variants
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| weight = Navy version: 750 kg
Army version: 890 kg
| length = 4,800 - 5,200 mm
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| diameter = 350 mm
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| range = Navy version: >220 km or 250 km{{cite web |url=https://www.trthaber.com/haber/gundem/atmacanin-menzili-dengeleri-degistirecek-519186.html#:~:text=ROKETSAN%20Genel%20Müdürü%20Murat%20İkinci,savunma%20sanayiinin%20sahaya%20etkilerine%20çevirdi. |title=Atmaca'nın menzili dengeleri değiştirecek |website=www.trthaber.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930182527/https://www.trthaber.com/haber/gundem/atmacanin-menzili-dengeleri-degistirecek-519186.html#:~:text=ROKETSAN%20Genel%20Müdürü%20Murat%20İkinci,savunma%20sanayiinin%20sahaya%20etkilerine%20çevirdi. |archive-date=30 September 2020 |url-status=dead}}
Land version: 400 kmhttps://www.savunmasanayist.com/kara-atmaca-hedefi-vurdu-400-km-menzil/
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| filling = High-explosive penetrating warhead
| filling_weight = Navy version: 220 kg
Army version: 250 kg
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| engine = Kale KTJ-3200{{cite web|url=https://www.trthaber.com/haber/gundem/fransa-ambargosuna-yerli-motor-yaniti-798870.html|title=Fransa ambargosuna yerli motor yanıtı|publisher=TRT|language=tr|date=28 September 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kalearge.com.tr/en/our_products |title=Kale Arge }}{{cite web|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/vg/video-galeri/atmaca-fuzesi-hedefini-basariyla-vurdu/217#!|title=Atmaca füzesi hedefini başarıyla vurdu|publisher=Anadolu Agency|language=tr|date=10 March 2024}}
Kale KTJ-3700{{cite web|url=https://x.com/KaleArge/status/1825097604612427947|title=Kale Arge }}
Microturbo TRI-40{{cite web|url=https://quwa.org/daily-news/turkey-contracts-kale-aero-to-develop-miniature-turbojet-for-missiles/|title=Turkey contracts Kale Aero to develop miniature turbojet for missiles|website=quwa.org|date=28 September 2023}}(First versions)
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| speed = 0.85-0.90 Mach{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
| guidance = INS/GPS+RA+DL
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| wingspan = 1.4 m
| propellant = Aviation-grade kerosene
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- Frigates
- Corvettes
- Submarine
- Patrol boats
- Coastal defense batteries
- Unmanned surface vehicle
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Atmaca (Accipiter) is an all weather, long range, precision strike, anti-ship, surface-to-surface and submarine-launched cruise missile, developed by Turkish missile manufacturer Roketsan.{{cite web|url= https://www.roketsan.com.tr/en/product/atmaca-anti-ship-missile/|title= ATMACA ANTI-SHIP MISSILE|publisher= Roketsan|accessdate= 25 January 2021|archive-date= 29 June 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210629000351/https://www.roketsan.com.tr/en/product/atmaca-anti-ship-missile/|url-status= dead}}{{cite web |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/atmaca.htm|title=Atmaca ASCM |website=GlobalSecurity.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527125547/https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/atmaca.htm|archive-date=27 May 2020}} The Atmaca enters service with the Turkish Navy to gradually replace the country's existing inventory of Harpoon missiles.{{cite web | last=Ekşi | first=Özgür | title=Submarine-Launched ATMACA Missile Breaks Cover | website=TURDEF | date=2024-08-24 | url=https://turdef.com/article/submarine-launched-atmaca-missile-breaks-cover | access-date=2024-08-25}} The Surface-to-surface version of Atmaca is Kara Atmaca.{{cite web | title=Türkiye’s homegrown missiles ensure national security | website=Anadolu Agency | date=2024-11-28 | url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkiye/turkiye-s-homegrown-missiles-ensure-national-security/3406961| access-date=2025-01-14}}{{cite web | author=Brandon J. Weichert| title=Turkey’s Atmaca Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Takes Flight| website=The National Interest | date=18 March 2025 | url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/turkeys-atmaca-anti-ship-cruise-missile-takes-flight| access-date=29 March 2025}}
Development
The program was initiated in 2009 when Turkey's Undersecretary For Defense Industries (SSM) signed a contract with Roketsan for designing a surface-to-surface cruise missile for the requirements of the Turkish Naval Forces. The prime contractor, Roketsan, started the design studies in September 2012, after receiving the results of its previous research and development contract with Turkey's Undersecretary For Defense Industries under the coordination of Navy Research Center Command (ARMERKOM). The missile is planned to be developed for multiplatforms, capable of launching not only from warships but also from submarines, aircraft, coastal batteries, including land-attack operations.
After completing various tests, first land-based firing of the Atmaca took place in March 2017. The serial production contract for Atmaca was signed between Roketsan and the Presidency of Defense Industry on 29 October 2018. The missile will be deployed to Turkish Navy's {{sclass2|Ada|corvette|1}}s, Istanbul-class frigates, G-class frigates, Hisar-class offshore patrol vessels, and planned TF-2000-class destroyers.{{Cite web|title=ATMACA ANTI-SHIP MISSILE – Roketsan|url=https://www.roketsan.com.tr/en/product/atmaca-anti-ship-missile/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=www.roketsan.com.tr|archive-date=2021-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629000351/https://www.roketsan.com.tr/en/product/atmaca-anti-ship-missile/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|title=New Turkish ATMACA anti-ship missile launched from TCG Kınalıada corvette has successfully destroyed target|url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2021/february/9652-new-turkish-atmaca-anti-ship-missile-launched-from-tcg-k-nal-ada-corvette-has-successfully-destroyed-target.html|access-date=2021-06-21|website=www.navyrecognition.com}}{{Cite web|last=Ozberk|first=Tayfun|date=2021-01-23|title=Turkey launches the lead ship of I-class frigates "Istanbul"|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/01/turkey-launches-the-lead-ship-of-i-class-frigates-istanbul/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Naval News|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Türkiye's first indigenous Hisar-class OPV starts sea trials|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/12/turkiyes-first-indigenous-hisar-class-opv-starts-sea-trials/|access-date=2024-12-15|website=Naval News}}
Design
The missile makes use of its global positioning system (GPS), inertial navigation system, barometric altimeter and radar altimeter to navigate towards its target, while its active radar seeker pinpoints the target with high precision. With a range of more than {{convert|220|km}}, this guided missile poses a major threat for targets situated beyond the line of sight due to its high explosive fragmentation warhead. Its modern data-link provides ATMACA with the ability to 3D mission planning, update targets, reattack and terminate the mission. Missile is ultra sea-skimming as it approaches the target. The missile's engines are manufactured by the Turkish Kale Group, and the Kale KTJ-3200 engine used by the first versions of the missile is produced in Türkiye as ITAR-Free.{{cite web | url = https://www.defenceturkey.com/tr/icerik/kale-arge-ktj-serisi-turbojet-motor-ailesi-uluslararasi-pazara-hazirlaniyor-5527 | title = Kale Arge KTJ Serisi Turbojet Motor Ailesi Uluslararası Pazara Hazırlanıyor | website = Defence Turkey | access-date=14 January 2025 | language =tr | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250114174045/https://www.defenceturkey.com/tr/icerik/kale-arge-ktj-serisi-turbojet-motor-ailesi-uluslararasi-pazara-hazirlaniyor-5527 | archive-date = 14 January 2025 }}
Timeline
- On 3 November 2019, the Turkish Naval Forces successfully conducted its first ship-launched firing from the Ada-class corvette {{ship|TCG|Kınalıada}} in the Black sea.{{Cite web|date=2019-11-09|title=ATMACA, TCG KINALIADA'dan Başarıyla Ateşlendi – Roketsan|url=https://www.roketsan.com.tr/atmaca-tcg-kinaliadadan-basariyla-ateslendi/|access-date=2021-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109105920/https://www.roketsan.com.tr/atmaca-tcg-kinaliadadan-basariyla-ateslendi/|archive-date=2019-11-09}}
- On 1 July 2020, the Atmaca missile successfully hit its target from a >200 km range.{{Cite web|date=2020-10-22|title=ATMACA'nın Son Güdümlü Uçuş Testi Başarıyla Sonuçlandı – Roketsan|url=https://www.roketsan.com.tr/atmacanin-son-gudumlu-ucus-testi-basariyla-sonuclandi/|access-date=2021-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022090206/https://www.roketsan.com.tr/atmacanin-son-gudumlu-ucus-testi-basariyla-sonuclandi/|archive-date=2020-10-22}}
- On February 3, 2021, the Atmaca anti-ship missile successfully hit the target in the test fire with the {{ship|TCG|Kınalıada}} corvette using a "live warhead" in Sinop.{{Cite web|date=2021-02-04|title=ATMACA Milli Gemisavar Güdümlü Mermi Atışları Başarıyla İcra Edildi - Defence Turkey Magazine|url=https://www.defenceturkey.com/tr/icerik/atmaca-milli-gemisavar-gudumlu-mermi-atislari-basariyla-icra-edildi-4373|access-date=2021-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204201937/https://www.defenceturkey.com/tr/icerik/atmaca-milli-gemisavar-gudumlu-mermi-atislari-basariyla-icra-edildi-4373|archive-date=2021-02-04}}
- In June 2021 the Atmaca missile successfully hit the ex-TCG Işın (A-589) ship under the certification test. Marking the start of its serial production.{{Cite web|title=Turkish Navy has successfully conducted firing test of Atmaca anti-ship missile from TCG Kinaliada corvette|url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2021/june/10341-turkish-navy-has-successfully-conducted-firing-test-of-atmaca-anti-ship-missile-from-tcg-kinaliada-corvette.html|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Navy Recognition|date=20 June 2021 |language=en-gb}}{{Cite web|title=Erdogan annonce l'essai réussi du missile antinavire national Atmaca|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/turquie/erdogan-annonce-lessai-réussi-du-missile-antinavire-national-atmaca/2278786|access-date=2021-06-21|website=www.aa.com.tr}}
- In June 2021, the Atmaca completed 20 successful test firing and expected to be certified this year for Ada-class corvette.{{Cite web|last=GDC|date=2021-06-24|title=Turkey Test Fires Domestic anti-ship Atmaca missile|url=https://www.globaldefensecorp.com/2021/06/25/turkey-test-fires-domestic-anti-ship-atmaca-missile/|access-date=2021-07-16|website=Global Defense Corp|language=en-US}}
- In August 2023, Turkey announced that 11 ships would be equipped.[https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2023/08/17/turkey-to-arm-11-naval-platforms-with-atmaca-missiles/ Turkey to arm 11 naval platforms with Atmaca missiles], Burak Ege Bekdil, Defense News, 2023-08-18
- On March 10, 2024, the Atmaca missile has successfully hit its target with Türkiye's first domestic and national Turbojet Engine Kale KTJ-3200, developed by Kale Ar-Ge.{{Cite news |title=Atmaca's first test firing with Turkish turbojet engine hits target |url=https://www.trtworld.com/turkiye/atmacas-first-test-firing-with-turkish-turbojet-engine-hits-target-17303637 |access-date=Mar 10, 2024 |work=TRT World}}
- On March 12, 2025, in a test conducted, the Atmaca missile was successfully fired from a submarine for the first time.{{Cite web |website=Hürriyet|accessdate=12 March 2025 |date=12 March 2025|language=tr |title=Denizaltından ateşlenen ATMACA, başarıyla uçuşunu gerçekleştirdi|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/video/denizaltindan-ateslenen-atmaca-basariyla-ucusunu-gerceklestirdi-42726339}}{{Cite web|title=Türkiye's anti-ship missile Atmaca successfully hits underwater target|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/economy/turkiyes-anti-ship-missile-atmaca-successfully-hits-underwater-target/3507935|access-date=2021-06-21|publisher=Anadolu Agency|date=12 March 2025}}
Land version
It was announced that a longer-range land version of the missile, which can be fired from mobile vehicles, is also being developed. Roketsan CEO İkinci emphasized that a lot of work is ongoing and the range of Kara Atmaca is increasing very quickly.{{Cite web |trans-title=Roketsan wants to be assertive in ballistic missiles|publisher=Anadolu Agency|accessdate=2 April 2025 |date=2 February 2025|language=tr |title=Roketsan balistik füze konusunda iddialı konuma gelmek istiyor|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/savunma-sanayisi/roketsan-balistik-fuze-konusunda-iddiali-konuma-gelmek-istiyor/3469267}}
- On August 18, 2024, the KARA ATMACA UM (Long Range) cruise missile, a land-based variant of the Atmaca, successfully completed a long-range test firing, hitting its target with high accuracy. KARA ATMACA is expected to enter service in 2025.{{Cite web |date=18 August 2024 |title=KARA ATMACA seyir füzesi sessizliğini tam isabetle bozdu |url=https://www.savunmasanayist.com/kara-atmaca-seyir-fuzesi-sessizligini-tam-isabetle-bozdu/}}
- On March 3, 2025 a new firing test was carried out for the land version of the missile. According to some Turkish defense industry experts, the missile exceeded a range above 400 km during the tests.{{Cite web |website=Savunma Sanayist |date=3 March 2025|accessdate=4 March 2025|language=tr |title=Kara Atmaca’dan rekor: 400 km’yi aştı! |url=https://www.savunmasanayist.com/kara-atmacadan-rekor-400-kmyi-asti/}}{{Cite web |website=Tolga Ozbek|accessdate=4 March 2025 |date=3 March 2025|language=tr |title=ATMACA’dan yeni menzil rekoru|url=https://tolgaozbek.com/savunma/atmacadan-yeni-menzil-rekoru/}}
Operators
=Current operators=
{{flag|Turkey}}
= Future operators =
{{flag|Indonesia}}
- Indonesian Navy - On 2 November 2022, Indonesia has signed a contract for the purchase of Atmaca missiles.{{Cite web |last=Setjen Kemhan |first=Biro Humas |date=7 November 2022 |title=Disaksikan Menhan Prabowo di Indo Defence 2022, RI dan Turki Teken Sejumlah Kontrak Kerja Sama |url=https://www.kemhan.go.id/2022/11/07/disaksikan-menhan-prabowo-di-indo-defence-2022-ri-dan-turki-teken-sejumlah-kontrak-kerja-sama.html |access-date=16 January 2023 |website=Kementerian Pertahanan Republik Indonesia}} According to reports from Janes in January 2024, Indonesia acquired 45 Atmaca missiles for the initial batch.{{cite web |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/indonesia-awards-contract-for-45-atmaca-anti-ship-missile-rounds |title=Indonesia awards contract for 45 Atmaca anti-ship missile rounds |website=Janes.com |date=25 January 2024 |access-date=30 January 2024}}
{{flag|Malaysia}}
= Potential operators =
{{flag|Algeria}}
- Algerian National Navy – On 3 June 2022, it was revealed Algeria reported to acquire Atmaca missiles.{{cite web|date=3 June 2022|title=Algeria reportedly interested to acquire Turkish Atmaca missiles| newspaper=Navy Recognition| url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2022/june/11797-algeria-reportedly-interested-to-acquire-turkish-atmaca-missiles.html}}
See also
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- {{lwc|BrahMos}}
- {{lwc|NASM-MR}}
- {{lwc|AGM-158C LRASM}}
- {{lwc|YJ-83#C-802A|C-802}}
- {{lwc|Babur (cruise missile)|Babur}}
- {{lwc|Exocet}}
- {{lwc|Kh-35|Switchblade Kh-35}}
- {{lwc|Harpoon (missile)|Harpoon}}
- {{lwc|Naval Strike Missile}}
- {{lwc|RBS 15}}
- {{lwc|Otomat|MBDA Otomat}}
- {{lwc|Sea Eagle (missile)|Sea Eagle}}
- {{lwc|SSM-700K C-Star}}
- {{lwc|Type 80 air-to-ship missile}}
- {{lwc|Type 88 surface-to-ship missile}}
- {{lwc|Type 90 ship-to-ship missile}}
- {{lwc|Type 93 air-to-ship missile}}
- {{lwc|Gabriel (missile)}}
- {{lwc|Hsiung Feng II}}
- {{lwc|ASM-3}}
- {{lwc|AS.34 Kormoran}}
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