The new ships of the Navy are counting the days to start their duties. The TCG Istanbul frigate will be delivered to the Naval Forces Command in December, and the TCG Akhisar and Koçhisar maritime patrol ships will be delivered to the Naval Forces Command in 2024. The provisional delivery of the Reis-class submarine TCG Pirireis will be made in February 2024.
It will be the national power of the Naval Forces in the ‘Blue Homeland’. It will take an active role in patrol and early warning activities, advanced air defense and surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, and base and port defense.
The 5th ship of the MİLGEM Project, Istanbul Frigate; It will be delivered to the Naval Forces Command in December.
The TCG Istanbul frigate, with side number F-515, with a local production rate of 80 percent, is equipped with modern and national weapon systems such as the MKE Naval Cannon, ATMACA anti-ship missile, and GÖKDENİZ close air defense system.
They will strengthen the strength of the Naval Forces
National Offshore Patrol Ships are also counting the days for delivery. TCG Akhisar is expected to be delivered to the Naval Forces Command in June 2024, and TCG Koçhisar in October 2024.
Ships; It will be used in intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, search and rescue, anti-terrorism, maritime control operations and maritime special operations missions.
TCG Pirireis is counting the days
Significant progress has been made in submarine projects. The TCG Pirireis submarine, the first of the Reis Class New Type Submarine Project, will be provisionally delivered in February 2024.
Submarines have air-independent propulsion systems…
It is aimed to start the construction of the test block with domestic materials in the National Submarine Project in 2024.
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