Overview

• The Tayfun Block-4 hypersonic missile offers over 175 miles of range, in-flight navigation, and a pre-shaped fragmentation warhead for striking hardened targets.
• Roketsan also revealed a ramjet-powered air-to-air missile, a submarine-launched cruise missile, a loitering munition, a UAV-launched supersonic missile, and a satellite launch vehicle.
• CEO Murat İkinci confirmed the Tayfun Block-4 will enter service by late 2025 and will not be offered for export.
• External reports dispute the official data, suggesting the missile weighs 7.2 tonnes, measures 10 metres and could reach 1,000 kilometres.
• The unveiling underscores Ankara’s drive for self-reliant defense capabilities after its 2019 removal from the US F-35 program over the S-400 purchase.