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INTERVIEW
Naval Defence is of

Strategic Importance

in the Region

Murat İkinci, Chief Executive Officer, Roketsan

During DSA, Roketsan will hold important the inventory of the Turkish Armed Forces,
discussions on what the company can do and mass production has now been
to strengthen the naval defence of Malaysia launched. The missile has high export
and other countries in the region, Murat potential, and has garnered interest in
İkinci, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of many regions around the world, especially
Roketsan, tells Jay Menon of Daily News in Southeast Asia. During the DSA event production capacity to meet this demand.
in an exclusive interview. The company we will be holding important discussions As Roketsan, we are the proud owners of
will take rapid steps to meet the needs of on what we can do to strengthen the naval the necessary national production capac-
these countries in the fastest way possible, defence of Malaysia and other countries ity in Türkiye in this field, with the ability
he adds. in the region, and we will take rapid steps to export reliable solutions to friendly and
to meet the needs of these countries in allied nations.
the fastest way possible. There is a considerable international
Malaysia and Türkiye can be considered demand for our Short-Range Anti-Tank
strategic partners. How do you evaluate Weapon KARAOK, as well as such oth-
Roketsan’s role in this partnership? We understand that Malaysia has placed er anti-tank systems and portable air

Türkiye and Malaysia’s extensive and an order for the Short-Range Anti-Tank defence missile systems as SUNGUR.
close relationship continues to develop Weapon KARAOK, making it the first export KARAOK, operated by a single soldier,
in every field based on a sense of mutu- customer of this system. When will deliv- can very quickly neutralise armoured ve-
al trust. Clear reflections of this can be eries of these systems begin, and have hicles in the field, including main battle
seen particularly since the two countries any other countries in the region shown tanks, as a highly effective weapon that
agreed to upgrade their relationship to interest in KARAOK? has been developed based on superior
the level of “Strategic Partnership” on In recent times, the wars occurring in technologies, and that has already gained
January 10, 2014. Under this improved various regions of the world once again popularity with export as well as serial
relationship, significant advances have demonstrated the effectiveness of por- production contracts.
been witnessed also in the level of coop- table air defence systems and anti-tank In this context, we are continuing our ef-
eration between the defence industries of systems that led to a significant increase forts to meet the needs of the Malaysian
the two countries. in international demand for anti-tank Armed Forces, one of our leading custom-
Products developed by Roketsan are weapons. However, there are few coun- ers, in the best way possible. Deliveries of
proving their worth in the field in many tries in the world with the products or KARAOK to the Malaysian Armed Forces
geographies around the world, and we
are today able to compete with the world
giants in this field with products that out-
perform their competitors in terms of
quality, performance and price. Through
the rocket, missile and weapon systems
we have developed, we are able to meet
all the needs of the Malaysian Armed
Forces, one of the most powerful armies
in the region, in this regard.
Naval defence is taking on particular
strategic importance in the region due
to its geographical characteristics, and
Roketsan is able to respond to needs
with the state-of-the-art products it has
developed in this field. Our ATMACA Anti-
Ship Missile, one of our most popular
products in this field, has already entered

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