Turkey's locally-produced anti-ship missile successfully hits target in final test
In the test, Turkey's locally produced Atmaca missile that came off a production line hit a real surface target. "Congratulations to our Turkish Armed Forces and Navy," Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a social media post.
Roketsan touts Atmaca as a high-precision, long-range, surface-to-surface, precision strike anti-ship missile which can be integrated with patrol boats, frigates, and corvettes and is expected to replace the US-made Harpoon.
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It boasts a range of more than 200 kilometers (124 miles), posing a threat to targets far outside visual range.
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It also provides a target update, re-attack, and mission abort capability via modern data link.