Turkey to arm F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters with ATMACA anti-ship missiles

The Turkish Air Force, following the Navy and Army, will arm itself with ATMACA anti-ship missiles. The carriers will be fourth-generation F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters.

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ATMACA were first used by Turkish warships. Now specialists are working on the development of an airborne version, which will be used in air-to-surface operation.

Turkey intends to use ATMACA Block I on F-16 F-16 PO-III/PO-IV fighters together with SLAM-ER guided missiles. The development will be undertaken by Roketsan. In fact, ATMACA will be the Turkish analogue of the US AGM-84L-1 Harpoon missile.

At the moment, the operators of ATMACA are the Turkish Army and Navy. The naval version of the missile has a weight of 750kg, a 220kg warhead and a range of 220-250km. The Army version is 140kg heavier and hits targets within a radius of 250km.

Source: SavunmaSanayiST