Turkey has domestically produced a vertical launch system (VLS) for naval platforms that will replace the ones procured from abroad while the systems will also equip warships to be constructed in the near future, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Friday.
“Until now, we had been outsourcing the VLS, which is the main weapon group of our frigates. Now we have a national and locally produced one,” the president said.
Erdoğan was speaking during the delivery ceremony of the country’s first intelligence collection ship in Istanbul Shipyard.
Defined as a test and training ship, TCG Ufuk (A-591) was also developed and built with national resources and capabilities and was delivered Friday to the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) for the joint operation with the Naval Forces Command.
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