Turkey Accelerates Development of Air And Missile Defense Umbrella

surface-to-air missile system

Steel Dome will use a set of largely domestically developed surface-to-air missile and gun systems.

Credit: Roketsan
Air and missile defense has become the pressing issue for NATO nations, and especially for Turkey. The country sits in the middle of a geopolitically volatile neighborhood. To the north just across the Black Sea, Russia and Ukraine are exchanging one-way attack drones and cruise and ballistic...
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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