SİPER
| SİPER Air Defence System | |
|---|---|
| Type | Surface-to-air/anti-ballistic missile |
| Place of origin |  Turkey |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2024 – present |
| Used by | Turkey |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Aselsan Roketsan Tübitak Defense |
| Manufacturer | Roketsan |
| Produced | 2023 - present |
| Specifications | |
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| Warhead | High Explosive |
Detonation mechanism | Calculated delay proximity fuze |
| Engine | Solid propellant, two-stage motor |
Operational range |
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Guidance system |
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SİPER (Trench) is a high to medium air defense surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. Designed to defend against any type of airborne threat, it can fight aircraft, cruise missiles, air-to-ground missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).[3] It was jointly developed in Turkey by the companies Roketsan, Aselsan and the research institute TÜBİTAK SAGE.[4]
The SİPER system project was launched by the Presidency of Defence Industries in 2018. The missile is developed by Roketsan, and most sensors and electronics by Aselsan.
Siper Block 1
[edit]During the first firing test, which took place at the test range in Sinop, northern Turkey in December 2022, the SİPER Block 1 missile successfully demonstrated the ability to detect, track and hit a high-speed target aircraft at a range exceeding 100 km (62 mi).[5] It was announced that SİPER will be put into service within 2024.[4] SİPER successfully passed its final test on 13 May 2023, hitting a long-distance target.[6] In October 2024 Siper Block-1 entered the inventory.[7]
Siper Block 2
[edit]The first firing test of Siper Block 2, which has a range of 150 km, was successfully completed in August 2023.[8]
Siper Block 3
[edit]Siper Block 3, which will have a range of 180 km+, is under development.[9]
- Air defence planning and coordination
- Management and distribution of information within the scope of command and control
- Combined aerial image production
- Multiple engagement and sequential firing
- Manual/semi-automatic/automatic engagement
- Friend-Foe Recognition (IFF)
- Threat assessment and weapons allocation
- Automated diagnostics management
- Multi-target multi-radar fusion, Bidirectional communication with missiles
- Wired/wireless communication
- Upright/oblique shot
- Ability to work in harsh conditions
- Interface with HvBS, Radnet connection
- Link to higher command via tactical data links (Link-16, JREAP-C)
- Embedded simulation
- Ability to operate with 8 FFS, each of which can fire 6 missiles
See also
[edit]- Hisar
- Patriot
- SAMP/T
- HQ-9
- HQ-22
- Khordad 15 (air defense system)
- S-300 missile system
- S-350 missile system
- S-400 missile system
- S-500 missile system
- Barak 8
- Bavar-373
- L-SAM
- Project Kusha
References
[edit]- ^ "Siper Missile Roketsan Page" (PDF). Roketsan. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ "Siper Missile Aselsan Page" (PDF) (in Turkish). Aselsan. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ Demirhan, Meryem. "Key part of Turkish air defence system Siper to be completed in 2023". Key part of Turkish air defence system Siper to be completed in 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
- ^ a b "SİPER füzesi 100 kilometre menzilini aştı". NTV (in Turkish). 30 December 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "Turkish air defense system, Siper, successfully hits target at 62 miles". Anadolu Agency. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ Ergocun, Gokhan (13 May 2023). "Turkish air defense system passes final test successfully". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ "SİPER Product-1 Long Range AD System Enters inventory" (in Turkish). 2024-10-28. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ https://www.defenceturkey.com/en/content/the-first-firing-test-of-siper-block-2-successfully-completed-5746
- ^ https://www.defenceturk.net/siper-hava-savunma-sistemi-hava-kuvvetleri-envanterine-giriyor#:~:text=S%C4%B0PER%20f%C3%BCzeleri%20s%C4%B1ras%C4%B1yla%20tahminen%20%C5%9Fu,%2C%20180%2B%20km%20menzile%20sahiptir.
- ^ "ASELSAN'dan SİPER Ürün-3 müjdesi | SavunmaSanayiST" (in Turkish). 2024-02-27. Retrieved 2024-02-28.