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Official CGs from Anadolu Shipyard's website
Obviously the first detail that sticks out is the Strike length MIDLAS VLS.
Official CGs from Anadolu Shipyard's website
So, that's a SeaRAM equivalent?
From Aselsan's websiteSo, that's a SeaRAM equivalent?
Bigger missile. Turkey is also marketing a direct RAM competitor called LEVENT that's only 128mm in diameter vs 160mm and 75kg rather than 135kg. I'd argue this system is more conceptually aligned with a developed Sea Chaperall or NASAMS firing AIM-9X missiles. This is just a surface fired Merlin AAM, presumably with some sort of fin folding.Okay, better range and simpler missile launcher system (no need to spin up a missile before launch)
Speaking of...
This missile is also intended to be launched in a vertical launch configuration:Bigger missile. Turkey is also marketing a direct RAM competitor called LEVENT that's only 128mm in diameter vs 160mm and 75kg rather than 135kg. I'd argue this system is more conceptually aligned with a developed Sea Chaperall or NASAMS firing AIM-9X missiles. This is just a surface fired Merlin AAM, presumably with some sort of fin folding.
This missile is also intended to be launched in a vertical launch configuration:
For this test, they put the encapsulated missile suitable for VLS in a temporarily angled, special launcher with an exhaust duct on the ship's deck and launched it.
It's the long range missile datalink of Siper IADS missile battery.Some HQ images from the launch;
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I'm not able to ID sensors visible in first picture, is it data-link or Multi-Function AESA radar ? @stimpy75 @snne
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This might not come as a surprise, perhaps, but it has been revealed that the Hisar-class OPVs (which have been designed with FFBNW in mind) can also be quickly equipped with 8-pack MIDLAS VLS' behind the main gun.
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View: https://x.com/Dromercay/status/1892610835521966515
This was the previous arrangement:
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Naval News covers ROKETSAN MILDAS VLS at IDEX'25, the rounded nose cone was in-fact vertically launched ATMACA not Gezgin LACMROKETSAN MIDLAS VLS model @ IDEX2025 , looks like the strike length with what appears to me Gezgin LACM with the rounded nose cone
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This image must be from the initial test back in 2022.