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Why a 1960s missile conversion of Yavuz fails at the hull

Deep magazines could provide space for Talos, but the age of Yavuz's hull makes such an extensive 1960s conversion difficult to justify.

Question

How many Talos systems could Turkey fit into Yavuz in a 1960s refit?

Short answer

The deep magazines could hold a fair number of Talos weapons, but the hull would be too old to justify the conversion.

Notes

Available internal volume does not make the modernization viable. Yavuz's deep magazines could hold a fair number of Talos weapons. By the 1960s, however, the First World War-era hull would be too old to justify such an extensive conversion. The ship's condition overwhelms any theoretical space calculation, leaving the missile count indeterminate.