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🇹🇷 ROKETSAN EREN
Air · ROKETSAN · ~2026
ROKETSAN's turbojet-powered high-speed loitering munition — the world's first operational air-to-air loitering munition able to chase down and destroy enemy UAV/UCAVs in the air; launched from multiple platforms (UAV/land/surface).
Specifications
- Type: High-speed multi-purpose loitering munition
- Engine: Turbojet (high-speed tactical reaction)
- Range: 100+ km
- Endurance: ~15 min
- Weight: ~35-60 kg
- Length: ~2 - 2.6 m
- Guidance: AI-assisted EO / Imaging Infrared (IIR) seeker
- Targets: UAV/kamikaze drone/helicopter · moving/fixed land target · light armor
Beats: Düşük hızlı düşman İHA/SİHA ve kamikaze dronlar (havada kovalama-imha), Helikopter ve yavaş hava hedefleri, Hareketli/sabit hafif kara hedefi (stand-off)
Loses to: Modern jet avcı / hızlı manevralı hava hedefi (BVR kuşağı dışı), Güçlü nokta hava savunma ve EW / GNSS karıştırma, Ağır zırhlı hedefler (sınırlı harp başlığı)
In May 2026 it was launched by a Bayraktar AKINCI in service with the Sudanese Army and struck an enemy UAV by direct impact; performing history's first air-to-air unmanned drone kill and proving its operational maturity. No official ROKETSAN product page yet (UNVERIFIED); facts confirmed with high confidence via AA/SavunmaSanayiST/Defence Turk.
Related systems
Same manufacturer (ROKETSAN): AKBABA, SİPER, SUNGUR, Atmaca, AKYA, ORKA, Tayfun, ÇAKIR
Related systems (Air): KAAN, Bayraktar KIZILELMA, ANKA-3, Bayraktar TB2, Bayraktar Akıncı, Vyriy OPTO 10, Skydagger, GÖKTUĞ (Gökdoğan/Bozdoğan), SOM, Bayraktar TB3
