The second firing test of the SİPER Product-2 Long Range Air Defense Missile was successfully completed. The ‘long arm’ of the Steel Dome Integrated Air and Missile Defence System will be the SİPER Product-2.
The firing activities were carried out at the Sinop Test Center on September 12, 2024. As a result of the test activity, which was attended by representatives of the Presidency of Defence Industries and the Turkish Armed Forces, the Fire Control Center, Data Link and Missile Launch System capabilities were tested using the SİPER Product-2 Missile.
Commenting on the subject, Prof. Dr. Haluk Görgün, President of Defence Industries, said:
“With the SİPER Project, the deterrent power of the Steel Dome at long range and high altitude, we aim to enable the provision of Air Defence at Long Range and Distributed Architecture against enemy attacks of Strategic Facilities within the scope of Regional Air Defence. The SİPER System will be able to engage against air-breathing targets such as fighter jets and cruise missiles, as well as air-to-surface munitions, and will also work towards gaining the ability to engage against ballistic missiles in the future.
SIPER will enter inventory this year
Within the scope of the Long-Range Regional Air and Missile Defence System Project Phase-C (SİPER) contract signed between the Presidency of Defence Industries and ASELSAN-ROKETSAN-TÜBİTAK SAGE business partnership on January 15, 2018, Turkey’s first national long-range air defence system is being developed.
The first SİPER system, with the 100-kilometre-range SİPER Product-1 Missile, is expected to be included in the inventory of the Turkish Armed Forces by the end of this year. The SİPER Product-1 Missile will be followed by the SİPER Product-2 Missile with a range of 150 kilometers.
Auto translated from savunmasanayist.com
