Turkey’s Long-Range Regional Air ⁣and Missile Defense System Project (SİPER) Achieves Success

Within the scope of the Phase-C contract ⁣of the‌ SİPER Project signed between the Defense Industries Presidency and the ASELSAN-ROKETSAN-TÜBİTAK SAGE business partnership on January 15, 2018; The long-range and high-altitude deterrent power of the Steel Dome was Turkey’s long-term regional​ air and missile defense system, SİPER Product-2, which operates in a ‌distributed architecture and plays a vital role at‍ the strategic level. proved successful.

The firing test held at the ⁢Sinop Test Center on September 12, 2024, with the participation of the Presidency of‍ the Defense Industries and representatives of ⁣the Turkish Armed Forces; ‌The⁢ system’s capabilities were tested using the Fire Control Center, Data Link, Missile Launch System and the Fos-2 Product⁢ Missile.

Defense Industry President​ Haluk Görgün said‍ the following in his statement ⁣within the scope of the⁤ Test Firing:

“With Project SIPER, the long-range deterrence‌ power‍ and high altitude of the Steel Dome, we aim to enable the Strategic ⁣Facilities to provide Long Range and Distributed Architecture Air Defense against enemy⁤ attacks within the scope of Regional ‍Air Defense. The SIPER System will be able to engage against ⁢air-breathing ⁣targets such as fighter jets and cruise missiles ⁢and air-to-surface munitions, and will also conduct studies ‍to gain an engagement⁣ capability against ballistic missiles in the following stages. We will use⁢ the data collected ‍within the scope of the Shooting Test in⁤ the development of the project. I fully congratulate our‍ companies ASELSAN-ROKETSAN-TÜBİTAK SAGE and their staff who participated ⁢in the project, and I hope ‌that the shooting test will bring good to our country and its defense.”

Within the ​scope of the Siper Project, it is aimed to complete the acceptance activities‍ of the Siper Product-1 System and add it to the inventory by the end of 2024.

General Characteristics of a Trench Air Defense System

• Planning and coordination of air defences
• Manage and distribute information within the scope of command and control
• Produce composite aerial ⁣images
• Multiple‌ engagement and sequential ‍firing
• Manual/semi-automatic/automatic engagement
• Known Friend or Foe (IFF)
• Two-way⁣ communication with missiles
• Wired/wireless communication
• Vertical/oblique shot
• Long Range, High Altitude intercept ​capability against ‌a‌ wide range of air threats
• Ability to work in difficult conditions
• Communication with the higher⁢ command through Tactical Data Links
• Ability to operate with 8 FFS units, each capable of firing 6 missiles