On March 12, 2025, Turkish Ministry of Defence announced the succesful test-firing of the submarine-launched version Atmaca anti-ship missile.
The Turkish defense industry, in close coordination with the Turkish Navy, continues to enhance its offensive capabilities. Following the induction of Roketsan’s Atmaca anti-ship missile in 2023, the Turkish Navy has now successfully test-fired the encapsulated (submarine-launched) version of the missile (called Sub-Atmaca) from the Preveze-class (Type 209/1400) submarine, TCG Preveze (S-353).
The test-firing of the Sub-Atmaca missile was performed in the East Mediterranean. The officials didn’t share any other information regarding the test-firing, such as range, mode, target, etc.
The Head of the Turkish Defence Agency (SSB) Haluk Görgün, Chief of the Turkish Naval Forces Admiral Ercüment Tatlıoğlu and Roketsan General Manager Murat İkinci participated in the test firing. Prof. Haluk Görgün was the first person announced the successful test-firing, Turkish MoD also announced the test on social media accounts.
“As part of the project developed to enable our submarines to deploy the ATMACA guided missile, produced by Roketsan with domestic and national capabilities, the first live-fire test has been successfully conducted.”
Turkish MoD
TCG Preveze was the submarine that carried out the test and acceptance firing of the AKYA torpedo as well. Having been upgraded with the MÜREN combat management system as part of its mid-life upgrade (MLU), TCG Preveze is now capable of integrating and testing domestically produced weapons systems. With the MÜREN upgrade, a total of eight submarines from the Preveze and Gür classes in the Turkish Navy will gain the capability to launch both the AKYA heavyweight torpedo and the encapsulated ATMACA anti-ship missile, significantly enhancing their underwater strike capabilities.
About ATMACA missile
4th MILGEM corvette TCG KINALIADA launching Atmaca anti-ship missile
ATMACA (means Hawk) is an all-weather, long range, precision strike, anti-ship cruise missile developed by Turkish missile manufacturer ROKETSAN. The Atmaca will replace Turkey’s existing inventory of Harpoon missiles gradually. The program began in 2009 to meet surface-to-surface cruise missile requirements of the Turkish Naval Forces. The prime contractor, Roketsan, started the design studies in September 2012.
The first ship-launched test was conducted by TCG Kinaliada on 03 November 2019. After several test firings in different scenarios, including GPS-free firing and operating in a tense electronic warfare environment, the missile passed all the tests and became ready for mass production. The missile passed the final tests in June 2021 and achieved IOC.
The missile features its global positioning system (GPS), inertial navigation system, barometric altimeter, and radar altimeter to navigate towards its target, while its active radar seeker pinpoints the target with high precision. Its data link provides missile with 3D mission planning, updating targets, reattacking, and terminating the mission. The missile is super sea-skimming as it approaches the target.
Atmaca technical data
Length: 4,800 – 5,200 mm
Weight: < 800 kg
Range: > 220 km (KARA ATMACA will have a range of +280 km)
Guidance: Inertial Navigation System + Global Positioning System + Barometric Altimeter + Radar Altimeter
Warhead Type: High Explosive with Penetration
Warhead Weight: 250 kg
Seeker: Active RF (ship-launched), IIR (land-launched)