Turkish minister announces plan to develop 2,000-kilometre-range missile PHOTO

Türkiye’s Minister of Industry and Technology, Mehmet Fatih Kacır, has unveiled plans to develop a missile with a range of 2,000 kilometres as part of new defence projects presented before the parliamentary planning and budget committee during discussions on the 2026 budget.

According to a post on SavunmaSanayiST.com’s X page, Kacır stated that once the national ramjet-powered air-to-air missile GÖKHAN enters production, it will rank among the longest-range air-to-air missiles in NATO’s arsenal, Caliber.Az reports.

Sanayi ve Teknoloji Bakanı Mehmet Fatih KACIR:

"Balistik füzemiz TAYFUN’un test atışlarına devam ediyoruz. 2 bin kilometre menzilli füze geliştirme programını sürdürüyoruz.

GÖKDOĞAN, BOZDOĞAN, GÖKHAN hava-hava füzelerimiz ve SOM-J seyir füzemizin millî muharip uçağımız KAAN’ın… pic.twitter.com/z3NDfXyUTD

— SavunmaSanayiST.com (@SavunmaSanayiST) November 4, 2025

“We are working on integrating our GÖKDOĞAN, BOZDOĞAN, and GÖKHAN air-to-air missiles, as well as the SOM-J cruise missile, into the internal bays of our national combat aircraft KAAN,” he said.

Speaking about Türkiye’s advancements in missile and defence technologies, the minister added: “With KIZILELMA and ANKA-3, we will be among the few countries enabling unmanned aerial vehicles to engage in air combat.“

He said that they continue test launches of the TAYFUN ballistic missile and are developing a missile with a range of 2,000 kilometres.

“We will accelerate efforts to build capabilities in technologies that will shape future battlefields, such as lasers, electromagnetic weapons, autonomous and swarm systems, cybersecurity, space, hypersonic and quantum technologies. We will raise our deterrence to the highest level,” Kacır concluded.

By Jeyhun Aghazada