Turkey has always faced a problem in managing its air defense needs, and this has weakened its capabilities to counter threats on its borders.

However, with Turkey acquiring Russian S-400 batteries, the Turks have been working on modernizing the local siege system, especially in light of the talk of relying on progress in the American F-35 aircraft project with relaying the system. S-400 "or disassembled.

The Turkish Republic adopts an expanded plan to achieve the maximum possible self-sufficiency in the field of military industries.

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- Ismail Demir (@IsmailDemirSSB) March 9, 2021

Hisar family

Ismail Demir, Director of the Turkish Defense Industries Corporation, which is directly affiliated with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announced that his home-made "Hisar-O" air defense system exceeded the standard tests designed by experts to test the system.

But what is new in the version of “Hisar” is that it is a new development of the “Hisar-A” system, which was tested only 3 months ago.

It is a short and medium range missile system, equipped with "surface-to-air" missiles with a range of 15 kilometers, and there is a version called "Hisar-O", with a range of 25 kilometers.

The system is of great strategic importance for the Turkish army.

Because it can operate independently to counter air targets, which are flying at low altitudes, and it is difficult for long-range air defense means to shoot them down.

The system carries "surface-to-air" missiles and can shoot down 5 types of enemy targets, including war fighters, helicopters, drones, winged missiles, and air-to-ground missiles, which are launched by aircraft against ground targets.

Aselsan, the site of the Turkish missile system manufacturer, says that the system's radar can identify friendly targets during clashes with hostile targets, and that it is able to operate around the clock in all weather conditions.

The missiles of all versions can be launched vertically from a launcher mounted on mobile vehicles, which are equipped with high-explosive warheads, which track the target by means of an infrared and laser vision system.

Aselsan says that the time for its response to hostile threats does not exceed 4 seconds, which is the period between detection of the target and the launch of the missile at it, while Army Recognition pointed out that placing this system on moving vehicles at a speed of 65 km / hr enables the Turkish army From moving them to advanced sites, to protect military forces within a range that is more than 20 km away from their stationed areas.

About a year ago, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the deployment of a siege system on the borders with Syria, in order to protect his country's forces deployed in observation points in northern Syria, against the backdrop of air clashes with the regime forces and the exchange of fire between the two parties.

🚀🚀🚀UR, azami menzil veirtifada hareketli hedefe karşı yaptığı başarılı test atışıyla katmanlı hava savunmasındaki rolünü sağlamlaştırdı.

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- Ismail Demir (@IsmailDemirSSB) February 26, 2021

Sungoor

The Turkish Defense Industries Authority has succeeded in testing the launch of missiles from the home-made "SUNGUR" system, according to what it announced on February 26th.

At the time, Ismail Demir said, through his Twitter account, that the home-made air defense system "Sungor" had proven effective against moving targets in the tests that were subjected to them.

It reinforced its role in multi-layered air defense through successful tests against moving targets at maximum range and altitude.

The system was developed by the Turkish company "Roketsan" (Roketsan) for the manufacture of missiles, and can be installed on all vehicles and platforms, land, sea and air.

The system can also detect, track and hit targets day and night, even while moving, at an angle of 360 degrees, in addition to its maneuverability and countermeasures feature.

In July 2020, Demir said that Sungur is ready to enter service within the arsenal of the military forces in Turkey, after undergoing several tests.

S-400

On July 12, 2019, 4 Russian S-400 systems arrived at Murtad Air Base (northwestern Ankara), which Turkey had contracted in 2017 with a value of $ 2.5 billion, while sending air defense personnel to train On her in the Russian lands.

The Turks officially denied that they had submitted to American pressure by not activating the Russian missiles, so that the Russian S-400 would work side by side with the local "Sungor" and "Hissar" system, which serve in the short and medium term, while the first (S-400) would serve in the long term, As it can detect up to 600 km, track about 300 targets at the same time, warn of the danger of fighters from 240 km away, destroy ballistic missiles from a range of 60 km, and launch 72 missiles simultaneously, half of them can hit possible targets, and the deployment time does not exceed System of movement more than 5 minutes.

Turkey now possesses one of the most powerful air defenses in the world and a significant part locally, after it was relying on its allies and opponents to supply a number of defense systems;

To set it up here or there temporarily, and get it back.

Turkey plans to subject the Hisar family's systems to further development in the coming years, with a maximum range of 80 km;

In order to cover greater distances in multi-layer missile defenses, while allowing their future export to the Allies, in light of the increasing demand for Turkish weapons, whether from marches or naval vessels.

After its production of the "Hissar" air defense system, Turkey is now working to raise the range of its missiles to more than 40 kilometers, by taking into consideration the country's needs and the requirements of exporting abroad.

"Hisar" projects aim to meet the needs of medium and low-altitude air defense for the armed forces, and to provide Turkey with an air-missile defense system that is considered a competition to its counterparts in the world.

"Hissar" systems will be effective against aircraft, helicopters, missiles, drones, and air-to-surface missiles, manufactured within the Turkish "Gök Tög" project, which are intended to be used in the ground systems developed in the project.

In addition, work is underway to complete the ongoing tests on the defense system manufactured within the framework of the "Quarkut" project.

To be combined with offshore platforms.