STM 500

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The STM 500 is a Turkish modern coastal submarine of the 500-tonne class under construction since 2022. The shallow-water small diesel-electric attack submarine is being built by Turkish defense company STM with completion of the first vessel not expected until 2026.[1] As of June 2022, the customer for the project had not yet been publicly released.

The STM-500 was announced in 2021 at the 10th Naval Systems Seminar in August 2021 as a lower cost and more cost effective subsurface warfare option.[2] Construction began in 2022. It is expected to require four years to complete construction, and up to six years to fully complete the project.[1]

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