22.03.2026, 00:49
Zitat:SOM-J Hits Sea Target with Live Warhead During Test
21 Mar 2026, 21:11
Turkiye
Air Weapon / Missile
SOM-J Hits Sea Target with Live Warhead During Test TurDef
SOM-J cruise missile was tested with its penetrating HE-FRAG warhead optimised against ships and land targets in line with SOM-J’s dual-use principle.
Turkish Minister of Industry and Technology, Mehmet Fatih Kacır, announced that SOM-J was tested with the live warhead against a representative ship target from an F-16 fighter.
In addition to the tests up to this point, alongside the live warhead test, radar cross-section measurement was also shown to verify the low observability in the RF band.
SOM-J is a dual-role and internal carriage-friendly member in the SOM line of cruise missiles jointly developed by TÜBİTAK SAGE and ROKETSAN.
The development was launched in coordination with Lockheed Martin, with the goal of developing a conformal cruise missile for internal weapon bays of the F-35 fighters.
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