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ANKARA, ($1=14.79 Turkish Liras) — Roketsan continues to work on the National Vertical Launch System [VLS] called Mildas and the air defense missiles that will be used in it. Tests of the Turkish VLS will begin this year. Following the US Mk41 VLS embargo on the TCG Istanbul frigate [F-515], Roketsan has decided to speed up the Mildas project, which is expected to be launched in 2027 together with the TF-2000 air defense system for Turkish Navy warships. Roketsan General Manager Murat Ikinci made important statements about the Mildas project to Anil Shahin, Editor-in-Chief of SavunmaSanayiST.com. According to the information received, Mildas will have a variety of configurations and the ultimate goal is to integrate the functional Quad-Pack with the ability to launch multiple cruise missile s. “The Siper Blok-I will be commissioned in 2023. We will use Hisar-RF together with the Mildas National Vertical Launch System at TCG Istanbul. The Mildas project will go through ...

Key point: Washington has completed tests of a drone sub marine that is capable of making long trips by itself. This is an important step towards warships that can fight on their own. At a Military parade celebrating its 70th anniversary, amongst many other exotic ωεɑρσռs, two HSU-001 sub marine s—the world’s first large diameter autonomous sub marine s to enter Military service. The unarmed robot sub marine s visibly had communication masts and sonar aperture suggestive of their intended role as tireless underwater surveillance systems intended to report on the movements of warships and sub marine s of other navies in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. While the United States may not be the first to operationally drone a Large Diameter Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (LDUUV), it is not far behind with a slightly smaller sub Extra Large UUV. In February 2019, the Navy awarded Boeing a $274.4 million contract to build four (later increased to five) Orca autonomous vehicles, b...