Air Defence

Turkish defense giant TAI has recently revealed that it has converted its Target Simulation Drone (TSD) Simsek into a kamikaze drone just like Israeli Harop IAI Harpy 2. Simsek is Turbo Jet Target Simulation Drone built by TAI. Simsek has...

Sungur SHOARD is developed by Turkish defense industry Roketsan. Sungur is Short Range Air Defense System, capable of tackling airborne targets at very low level. Sungur will enter in service with TAF (Turkish Armed Forces) in year 2020. Specifications Sungur is mobile...

Korkut self-propelled air defense gun system, is ground based short-range air defense system developed and manufactured by Turkish Defense Industries Aselsan and FNSS. Its primary function is to replace obsolete M42 duster 40 mm gun system in Turkish inventory...

Hisar as clear from its name, which means fort simultaneously in three major languages such Turkish, Arabic and Urdu, is air defense missile system developed and manufactured by Turkish defense giants Aselsan and Roketsan. Aselsan was responsible for design and...

>Ballistic Missile Defense encompasses all efforts employed to stop a tactical or strategic attack by a ballistic missile, but usually BMD is concerned with missiles armed with nuclear weapons. >A ballistic missile is a missile which follows a ballistic trajectory...

German airstrikes on London during WW-I demonstrated that aircrafts are going to play important role in any battlefield. Owing to the slow speed and lower ceiling of the aircraft initially antiaircraft artillery was considered sufficient to counter air attacks,...

There is old adage in US military that eating carrots can improve one’s eyesight but the truth behind this 75-year-old axiom is actually quite clever. Its origin started from within the United Kingdom during the Battle of Britain in...