{"id":31141,"date":"2019-10-22T16:41:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T16:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/22\/turkey-launches-homemade-submarine-program\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:36:27","slug":"turkey-launches-homemade-submarine-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2019\/10\/22\/turkey-launches-homemade-submarine-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey launches homemade submarine program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ANKARA, Turkey \u2014 Turkey has launched the country\u2019s first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2018\/04\/16\/turkish-shipyards-join-forces-to-develop-engine\/\" target=_blank>indigenous submarine<\/a> program, known as MILDEN, a Turkish acronym for \u201cnational submarine.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the plan, local defense contractors will design, develop and produce the R-class submarines at domestic shipyards by using the technology they earned from an ongoing submarine program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rear Adm. Mehmet Sari, deputy general director for the Defence Ministry\u2019s shipyards department, said now that specialist teams have been assigned to the submarine program, the next phase is construction planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Delivery of the first sub to the Turkish Navy is expected by 2040.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The air-independent propulsion submarines will feature silent cruising, advanced heavy torpedoes and guided missiles. Several local contractors, from electronics specialists to missile makers, are to join the consortium that will build the submarines. The vessels will be constructed at the G\u00f6lc\u00fck naval shipyards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe program will be a copy of the German contract,\u201d a naval specialist in Ankara told Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2019\/10\/03\/india-targets-turkish-shipyard-over-ties-with-pakistan\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hindustan_Shipyard_at_Vizag.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">India targets Turkish shipyard over ties with Pakistan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">For the first time, India is taking punitive action against an overseas defense company that could see Turkish firm Anadolu Shipyard banned from doing defense-related business in India.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under a 2011 contract worth \u20ac2.5 billion (U.S. $2.8 billion), six Type 214 submarines are to be built for the Turkish Navy, with some of the subsystems supplied by local contractors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkish military electronics specialist Aselsan, a government-controlled company, is providing electronic support measures and sensor systems for the submarine program. Military software specialist Havelsan, another government-controlled company, will build an integrated command-and-control suite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Type 214 is based on the Type 209 SSK built built by German firm Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft. The Type 214 include design features from the German shipbuilder\u2019s Type 212. 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