Turkey launches first national warship

Turkey launched its first national warship and mine-sweeper in Istanbul, the largest city of Turkey, on Saturday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

The national warship "Heybeliada" and mine-sweeper "Akcay" were put to sea in a ceremony held at a dockyard in Pendik, Istanbul, according to the report.

Heybeliada and Akcay are the first part of Turkey's national corvette program of "Milgem," the purpose of which is to build a modern littoral combat warship with indigenous capabilities, extensively using the principles of stealth technology in its design.

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