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The new ÇAKIR cruise missile, developed by the Turkish company Roketsan thanks to the efforts of domestic engineers, is being successfully tested. Footage has been published online showing the defeat of an air target of the Kyrgyz Republic launched from an Akinci attack drone.
- said the developer.
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The missile was fired over the Sinop training ground and, after flying 100 km, destroyed a simulated air target over the Black Sea. On some sections of the track, the KR reached a speed of 800 km/h. The KTJ-1750 engine of national development from Kale Arge company acts as a power plant. When launched from air carriers operating at low altitude, the rocket can be equipped with a solid-fuel launch engine (accelerator).
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Çakir is a family of missiles with a range of over 150 km (330 kg when the accelerator is installed) and a mass of 275 kg, which includes 8 different modifications responsible for hitting ships, air, ground and radar targets.
A wide range of air, land and sea platforms (airplanes, helicopters, UAVs, ground vehicles, ships) can act as carriers. The first rocket launch took place on March 31, 2022.