Turkey is upgrading & modernizing its warship fleet - strongest in the eastern Mediterranean

Without doubt: Turkey today has the strongest and most numerous naval forces in the Eastern Mediterranean: Turkish Navy has more frigates: submarines and fast attack missile boats than any other navy: turkey Not only has more warships but also those vessels have been modernized: Turkey has even greater naval ambitions: its impressive shipbuilding plans from 2010 with a look toward 2030: Turkey has upgraded extensively the majority of its main surface combatants: Gabya class frigates: that received forward of the existing Mk13 SM-1 SAM launcher an 8 cell Mk41 vertical launcher system (VLS) for total 32 ESSM S A M and a new Thales SMART-S Mk2 3D radar: Moreover: their Mk92 STIR Mod 2 fire control system was upgraded to Mod 12 level: Other frigates include the two Barbaros class frigates which received one 8-cell Mk41 vertical launcher system (VLS) module for total 32 ESSM S A M: replacing the old Mk 29 Sea Sparrow launcher and a new Thales SMART-S Mk2 3D radar that replaced the old: It is almost certain that the two ships will receive one Phalanx CIWS: and two STOP 25mm guns: each which will replace three Oerlikon Contraves Sea Zenith 25mm CIWS: One more ship that received new electronics and weapons is the TCG Osman Gazi LST: that received a second GDM-A Twin Mounting naval turret with two Oerlikon KDC 35mm/90cal gun: each which together with the already existing GDM-A installed on the bow deck replacing two twin old Bofors 40mm guns: The ship received also a Phalanx CIWS which was installed behind the main mast and will be upgraded to Block 1B baseline 2 in the near future: Two Raytheon SLQ-32(V)2 EW antenna group systems were installed above the pilothouse together with SATCOM antennas: The two Salih Reis frigates: a sub-class of the Barbaros class: modernized by receiving Thales SMART-S Mk2 3D radar that replaced the old Plessey AWS 9 3D air search radar: The two ships are about to receive also one Phalanx CIWS and two STOP 25mm guns: the four ships of the Barbaros class vessels are about to receive new fire control systems made by Aselsan: new electronic warfare suite: new sonar: LWRs: new electro-optical sensors and others: Two Ay class submarines: Doğanay and Dolunay were partly modernized with the installation of a new attack periscope new communications suite: installation of a new ESM/ECM system: the modification on four of the torpedo launchers for launching Mk 48 ADCAP torpedoes and some other secondary improvements on the inertial navigation system: theTurkey has also partially modernised its oldest fast attack missile craft (FACM): with the installation of new Electronic Support Measures (ESM) suites: the nine Kilic I/II-class boats: which are currently receiving indigenous SATCOM: Old vessels such as the first MEKO frigates: the four ships of the Yavuz class that were commissioned between 1987 – 1989: will be replaced by the new Istanbul class or else I-class frigates: known also as milgem-G or else milgem Block II: the previously planned TF-100 project for a light frigate to replace the Yavuz class frigates (4 in service) had been stopped: The new ships will have an increased length of about 10m: TCG Istanbul will have entered service by 2021: The fifth and largest modern warship to be both indigenously designed and built in Turkey: 65% of its systems will be of indigenous manufacture

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