Turkish navy has successfully test-launched new AKYA torpedo from TCG Gür S-357 submarine Turkish navy has successfully test-launched new AKYA torpedo from TCG Gür S-357 submarine Tuesday, 26 January 2021 17:35
According to a Tweet published on January 25, 2021, the Turkish navy has successfully test-launched the new local-made AKYA torpedo from the TCG Gür S-357 submarine, Type 209 T2.1400 diesel-electric attack submarine developed exclusively for export by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft of Germany.
Turkish Navy TCG Gur S357 diesel-electric attack submarine. (Picture source www.shipspotting.com)
In January 2020, the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced the final test of the new local-made heavyweight anti-submarine warfare torpedo, the AKYA. The development of the torpedo was started in 2009 according to a contract signed between Turkey’s Undersecretariat for Defence Industries SSM, now SSB and the company Roketsan, TÜBİTAK (Scientific an