Turkey currently has the second largest submarine fleet in NATO. All of its submarines are of German origin and are of the Type-209 type and it wants to upgrade them to the more advanced Type-214 (https://idol-man.blog/2020/10/14/%cf%80%ce%bb % ce% bf% ce% af% ce% bf-% cf% 84% ce% b1-% cf% 85% cf% 80% ce% b5% cf% 81% cf% 83% cf% 8d% ce% b3 % cf% 87% cf% 81% ce% bf% ce% bd% ce% b1-% ce% b3% ce% b5% cf% 81% ce% bc% ce% b1% ce% bd% ce% b9% ce% ba% ce% ac-% cf% 85% cf% 80% ce% bf% ce% b2 /). Nevertheless, they are made in its own shipyards. In this way she was able to acquire the know-how to be able today to have an ambitious program to design and build her own submarines.
This program is called MiLDEN and aims to build 6 units by the 2030s.
Today, the contracts for the country’s defense are controversial, which makes it necessary for it to want to be self-sufficient with its weapons systems.
It is now able to produce its own frigates and tanks. She is still preparing her own railgun.
These new submarines will have an Air Independent Power (AIP) system which will allow them to stay in the water for longer distances than conventional non-nuclear submarines. This system will also be able to drive the electric motor that will rotate the propellers. It will even have batteries which will only be activated when the boat should be moving quietly and when it should be traveling faster when the AIP alone will not be enough.
[Source: http://www.forbes.com]
