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🇩🇪 Taurus KEPD 350
Air · Taurus Systems GmbH (MBDA Deutschland + Saab Dynamics ortak girişimi), Almanya–İsveç · 2005
The Taurus KEPD 350 is a 500+ km German-Swedish cruise missile launched from a combat aircraft, gliding very low under radar and penetrating hardened buried targets to detonate inside them.
Specifications
- Type: Air-launched low-signature long-range cruise / deep-strike missile
- Maker / origin: Taurus Systems GmbH (MBDA Deutschland + Saab Dynamics) — Germany / Sweden
- Dimensions: Length 5.1 m · wingspan 2.06 m · weight ~1,400 kg
- Propulsion: Williams P8300-15 turbofan (~680 kgf thrust)
- Speed / range: Mach 0.6-0.95 (subsonic) · range 500+ km
- Guidance: Tri-Tec: INS + GPS + terrain reference (TRN) + image-based navigation (IBN); autonomous under GPS denial
- Warhead: 480 kg dual-stage MEPHISTO penetrator; layer-counting/void-sensing for a pre-selected floor detonation
- Carriers: Panavia Tornado IDS, F-15K Slam Eagle, EF-18 Hornet, (Gripen/Eurofighter integration worked)
- Service: 2005 (German Air Force); operators: Germany, Spain, South Korea
Beats: MBDA Storm Shadow / SCALP-EG (İngiltere-Fransa) — MEPHISTO'nun katman-sayma/boşluk-algılama yeteneği sertleştirilmiş gömülü hedeflerde daha hassas iç-patlama sağlar, Lockheed Martin AGM-86 ALCM (ABD) — Taurus tamamen konvansiyonel penetratör rolünde modern Tri-Tec güdümle GPS-reddi ortamında daha güvenilir, ALCM ise eski nükleer-ağırlıklı tasarım, Kh-101 (Rusya) — Taurus'un alçak-süzülüş + düşük-iz profili ve IBN terminal güdümü daha yüksek beka ve isabet sunar
Loses to: Lockheed Martin AGM-158 JASSM-ER (ABD) — JASSM-ER'in 900+ km menzili Taurus'un 500+ km'sini geride bırakır, RTX/Kongsberg JSM (Norveç) — JSM hem kara hem gemi-savar çok-rol kabiliyeti sunarken Taurus salt kara derin-vuruşla sınırlı, BGM-109 Tomahawk Block V (ABD) — Tomahawk'ın 1.600 km gemi/denizaltı-konuşlu menzili ve ağ-merkezli hedef güncelleme esnekliği daha geniş
Taurus's defining trump is not range but the MEPHISTO dual-stage penetrator warhead: with layer-counting and void-sensing technology it detonates on a pre-selected floor to destroy command bunkers, bridge piers and deep shelters — in the same class as Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG, it stands out in this internal-detonation precision.
Related systems
Related systems (Air): KAAN, Bayraktar KIZILELMA, ANKA-3, Bayraktar TB2, Bayraktar Akıncı, Vyriy OPTO 10, Skydagger, AKBABA, GÖKTUĞ (Gökdoğan/Bozdoğan), SOM
