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Gabya-Class Frigates Get Atmaca Anti-Ship Missiles
26 May 2025, 13:57 3 mins
Turkiye
Navy / Maritime Weapon / Missile
Gabya-Class Frigates Get Atmaca Anti-Ship Missiles TurDef
Gabya-class frigates (Ex Oliver Hazard Perry-class) of the Turkish Navy alongside two other ship classes will receive the Atmaca anti-ship missile.

STM’s Head of Combat Systems, Enver Küçükerman, announced the programme to arm the Turkish Navy frigates with indigenous anti-ship missiles during the 12th Naval Systems Seminar. Four Gabya-class frigates alongside three Ada-class corvettes and the Barbaros-class frigates under modernisation will be fitted with the missiles by the end of 2027’s first quarter.

This means that the four Gabya-class frigates to receive the Atmaca missiles will likely serve for at least another decade, considering the fact that an armament modernisation would not be done on a ship to retire in the short term. It is also likely that the frigates to receive Atmaca are the ones fitted with eight-cell Mk41 VLS modules for RIM-162 ESSM missiles.

While the ships have a considerable age, the presence of RIM-162 ESSM and Atmaca can keep them relevant for some more time.

Compared to the older generation Harpoon missiles present on Gabya-class frigates, Atmaca offers a longer range (250 km versus 124 km) and a more capable guidance system that has demonstrated itself in GNSS-denied scenarios.

https://turdef.com/article/gabya-class-f...p-missiles