Atmaca advances with latest test firing
A live Atmaca warhead has destroyed a target for the first time.
A significant milestone has been passed in the most recent test-firing of the Atmaca long-range anti-ship missile.
The Ada-class corvette TCG Kınalıada fired two of the indigenously developed missiles on 3-4 February 2021.
The first was a telemetry test but the second firing was particularly notable as the missile was armed with a live warhead for the first time.
A video shared by the Turkish defence procurement agency Presidency of Defense Industries (Savunma Sanayi Başkanlığı – SSB) showed the Atmaca missile successfully targeting and destroying a barge carrying containers.
The latest event was conducted (like previous test firings) offshore from
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