Turkey: Tests Of “steel Dome” Have Successfully Completed

Sİper Product-2 testing, the national regional air defense and anti-detrainivity defense system of Turkey, which works in distributed architecture and plays an important role at the strategic level, has been successfully carried out.

According to the statement of the Office of the Turkish defense industry, the capabilities of the system were checked using the Fire Management Center, Data Transmission Channel, SIXPER Product-2 missile launching systems and missiles during firing tests conducted on September 12 at the Sinop testing center with the participation of representatives of the Office and Armed Forces.

As part of the phase contract from the regional air defense and missile defense system, a high-range missile defense system signed between SSB and ASELSAN-ROKETSAN-TUBİTAK SAGE on January 15, 2018, Sİper Product-2 testing, the National regional air defense system, was successfully completed. and Turkish large -range missile defense, which works in distributed architecture and plays a crucial role at the strategic level.

– We will use the data collected during the tests in research on the development of the project “

The head of the Turkish defense industry department, Haluk Görgun, said that the Sİper project, which is a holding back of the “steel dome” at a high -range and height, is aimed at giving strategic objects to ensure air defense at large -range and distributed architecture against enemy attacks in the framework of regional air defense.

According to him, the Sİper system will be able to hit air targets, such as fighters, cruise missiles and ammunition of the air-surface class, and studies will be conducted in later stages to get the opportunity to hit ballistic missiles.

“We will use the data obtained during the tests in the development of the project. I sincerely congratulate the ASELSAN-ROKETSAN-Tübi̇tak Sage and their staff participating in the project, and I hope that fire tests will bring good luck to our homeland and defense our country, ”Gergun said.

as part of the Sİper project, it is planned to complete the acceptance of the Sİper Product-1 system and put it into service before the end of this year.

Sİper air defense system includes planning and coordination of air defense, management and distribution of information within the framework of command and management, the formation of a single air picture, multiple defeat and consistent shooting, manual/semi -automatic lesion, identification of a friend or enemy (IFF) , bilateral communication with missiles, it has wired/wireless communication, vertical/slanting, the ability to intercept a wide range of air threats at high -range and height, the ability to act in severe conditions, communication with the highest command through tactical data channels and the ability to act with 8 PU, each of which can shoot 6 missiles.