{"id":25901,"date":"2026-03-06T04:02:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T04:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=25901"},"modified":"2026-03-06T04:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T04:02:54","slug":"turkish-firm-unveils-new-air-defence-frigate-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=25901","title":{"rendered":"Turkish firm unveils new air defence frigate design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Turkish firm unveils new air defence frigate design<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Turkish naval architecture firm Kuasar Marin Engineering recently unveiled design images of a new type of air defence frigate.<\/p>\n<p>The 148-metre vessel will have a crew complement of 229 and a propulsion arrangement consisting of two diesel engines, gas turbines and controllable-pitch propellers. The propulsion will deliver a top speed of 30 knots, a cruising speed of 18 knots, and a range of 5,000 nautical miles.<\/p>\n<p>The ship will also boast stealth features <\/p>\n<p>The air defence armament will include surface-to-air missiles housed in 48 vertical launch system cells and two close-in weapon systems. The sensor suite will include search, tracking, navigation and fire control radars.<\/p>\n<p>Although configured primarily for anti-air warfare, the frigate will also be capable of anti-surface warfare and anti-submarine warfare thanks to the installation of a 127mm naval gun, anti-ship missiles, torpedoes, and a hull-mounted sonar.<\/p>\n<p>A flight deck will be available for use by a 10-ton helicopter or a smaller unmanned aerial vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    Will Xavier<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bairdmaritime.com\/security\/naval\/naval-ships\/turkish-firm-unveils-new-air-defence-frigate-design\">Go to baird maritime<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Turkish naval architecture firm Kuasar Marin Engineering recently unveiled design images of a new type of air defence frigate.<\/p>\n<p>The 148-metre vessel will have a crew complement of 229 and a propulsion arrangement consisting of two diesel engines, gas turbines and controllable-pitch propellers. The propulsion will deliver a top speed of 30 knots, a cruising speed of 18 knots, and a range of 5,000 nautical miles.<\/p>\n<p>The ship will also boast stealth features <\/p>\n<p>The air defence armament will include surface-to-air missiles housed in 48 vertical launch system cells and two close-in weapon systems. The sensor suite will include search, tracking, navigation and fire control radars.<\/p>\n<p>Although configured primarily for anti-air warfare, the frigate will also be capable of anti-surface warfare and anti-submarine warfare thanks to the installation of a 127mm naval gun, anti-ship missiles, torpedoes, and a hull-mounted sonar.<\/p>\n<p>A flight deck will be available for use by a 10-ton helicopter or a smaller unmanned aerial vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,61,3749],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-25901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baird-maritime","category-naval-ships","category-security-vessel-shipbuilding","tag-baird-maritime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}