Debrief: Why Turkey Is Developing Two Ramjet-Powered Air-To-Air Missiles

Gokbora

A notional model of Roketsan’s Gokbora on display at its facilities in Lalahan during an Aviation Week visit in August.

Credit: Tony Osborne/AWST
ANKARA, Turkey—Six European countries were involved in the development of the MBDA Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missile, and the weapon now arms a significant number of Europe’s fighter aircraft, except the Lockheed Martin F-35. But strangely, Turkish industry is working on two very similar...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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