ATMACA Deliveries & Inventory: When Did It Enter Service, Which Ships Use It? (2026)

ATMACA is the core weapon of surface warfare, built to strike enemy ships at long range. It cruises using GPS/INS and altimeters, then finds the target itself with an active radar seeker in the terminal phase, approaching sea-skimming to reduce the chance of detection by enemy radar and defenses.

Its greatest strategic value is replacing the imported Harpoon long used by the Turkish Navy, ending foreign dependence in this critical capability. ATMACA can also strike land targets, making it versatile.

ATMACA has become the standard anti-ship weapon of the Turkish Navy’s surface units and serves on an expanding range of platforms.

Submarine and land (coastal defense) variants turn ATMACA from a single anti-ship missile into a multi-platform strike system.

Development launches took place in 2018; the first serial-production delivery was in 2021 and the missile formally entered service in 2022. The first ship to field and fire it was the corvette TCG Kınalıada (F-514).

After Kınalıada, other Ada-class corvettes and Barbaros-class frigates began receiving ATMACA, starting the gradual retirement of Harpoon.

ATMACA quickly drew export interest. Indonesia was the first buyer with a 45-missile order, and Malaysia plans to integrate it on Ada-based LMS Batch-2 ships — a result of offering the missile as a package with Turkish ship platforms.

ATMACA competes with the US Harpoon, France’s Exocet, Sweden’s RBS-15 and Norway’s NSM. With a range beyond 250 km and a modern guidance package, it offers a longer-range, more flexible solution than many versions of the Harpoon it replaces.

Being fully indigenous lets Türkiye update software and targeting independently. With submarine, land and air variants, ATMACA grows from one missile into a multi-layered strike capability.

• ATMACA — ship-launched anti-ship missile (250+ km)
• Kara ATMACA — land-to-land / coastal defense variant (~400 km)
• Submarine ATMACA — submarine-launched variant (2025 test)
• Air-platform integration — under development for air launch

ATMACA is built by ROKETSAN, which developed the propulsion, warhead and guidance components largely in-house for a high level of localization.

Together with ROKETSAN’s SOM cruise missile, ATMACA is a cornerstone of Türkiye’s long-range strike capability and shows the company’s maturity in cruise-missile technology.

ATMACA localizes the Turkish Navy’s most critical strike weapon, providing strategic independence and removing the risk of embargo or software restrictions on imported missiles.

Exporting it and evolving multi-platform variants brings revenue and deterrence under the ‘Blue Homeland’ doctrine; with MİLGEM and GÖKDENİZ, ATMACA is part of an indigenous naval-combat ecosystem.

ATMACA entered Turkish Navy service in 2022 after the first serial-production delivery in 2021. The first ship to use and fire it was the corvette TCG Kınalıada (F-514).

Ada-class corvettes, Barbaros-class frigates, Istif-class frigates and Kılıç-class fast attack craft, with submarine-launched and land-based (Kara Atmaca) variants also developed.

The naval version has a range of more than 250 km, while the land-to-land version, Kara Atmaca, reaches about 400 km.

Yes. ATMACA is gradually replacing the US-built RGM-84 Harpoon in the Turkish Navy, ending foreign dependence in this critical weapon.

Yes. Indonesia was the first buyer with a 45-missile order, and Malaysia plans to integrate ATMACA on its Ada-based LMS Batch-2 ships.

On 12 March 2025 the Turkish Navy successfully tested a submarine-launched variant, giving the missile a discreet, long-range strike capability.