It continues its large investments and testing in armaments programs for its Armed Forces, with the latest example of today’s (03.02.2025) launch of the Tayfun short range This is the third successful test launch of the ballistic missile that Turkey is building and developing with purely domestic capabilities, which shows the progress made by the defence industry of our neighbouring country in technology and know-how. CORVERSE Tayfun’s trial launch, which is developed by Turkish company Roketsan under the coordination of the Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB), was made by Rizonda airport, on the Black Sea coast. It is Turkey’s first short-range ballistic missile (SRBM), which, according to the manufacturer, has a range of 565 km, and a new version with a range of 1,000 km will soon be developed. ROKETSAN tarafından geliştirillen ve seri olarak üretilen TAYFUN Balistik Füzesinin yeni bir test atışı geerçekleştirildi ADVERSION — M5 Dergi (@M5Dergi) In today’s Tayfun launch, the distance travelled by the rocket was not known before it successfully hit the default target. In the previous test, the rocket hit a target at a distance of 561 km. The first launch had taken place on October 18, 2022. Roketsan CEO Murat Ikinji recently confirmed that Tayfun has entered mass production. “A warning of a severe storm in the Black Sea!”, Ikinji wrote on X (formerly Twitter), after the ballistic missile’s test launch. Vatanımızın güçlü, hızlı v hırçın`u! Yerli v milli füzemiz TAYFUN, uzun menzilli test atışında hedefini tam isabetle vurdu. — ROKETSAN (@roketsan) After the Tayfun, Turkey will launch the CENK-type medium-range ballistic missile development programme, with a range of over 1,000 km, aimed at hostile strategic infrastructure and facilities.
Turkey: New successful launch of Tayfun-type ballistic missile
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