Turkey unveils MIR naval surface drone for fighting submarines – DefenseNews.com
ANKARA — The Turkish authorities’s protection industrial-coverage office, the Defense Industries Presidency SSB, has unveiled the MIR, an unmanned naval car designed to wrestle submarines from the floor.
Ismail Demir, head of SSB, informed the press that the MIR will Are out there three options. It Might be used autonomously, in a distant administration operations or manned with a crew.
The MIR Might have digital-warfare capabilities, sonar and A selection of missiles developed by Turkey’s state-administrationled missile maker Roketsan.
“The MIR will supply A huge spectrum of decisions to the consumer … collectively with multi-useful warfare devices,” Demir said.
The vessel can carry out search and rescue operations as properly. It is going to have interoperability options To be used with completely different manned or unmanned belongings.
“The MIR will enter the army’s inventory as quickly as its superior sonar has been constructed-in into the system,” Demir said.
The naval drone was developed by a partnership of army digitals specialist Aselsan, Turkey’s largest protection agency, and Sefine, a privately owned shipyard.
Burak Ege Bekdil is the Turkey correspondent for Defense Information.