GÖKTUĞ

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GÖKTUĞ (combination of GÖK (sky) and TUĞ, Tug banner) is a Turkish weapons program started in 2013 by TÜBİTAK-SAGE to develop four variants of air-to-air missiles intended to be launched from F-16s, future Turkish indigenous TAI Hürjet and TAI TF Kaan combat aircraft, and combat aircraft from other nations such as CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder. The program intends to produce Turkey's first indigenous air-to-air missiles. Bozdoğan (Merlin) is short-range infrared homing missile and Gökdoğan (Peregrine) is a beyond-visual-range active radar homing missile. Other projects include Gökhan, a ramjet-powered beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile and a very-short-range miniature air-to-air missile for helicopters. The Merlin and Peregrine missiles were successfully flight-tested in 2018. These missiles are planned to replace the AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-120 AMRAAM, respectively, on Turkey's crewed warplanes, and are planned to be integrated on Bayraktar AKINCI and Bayraktar Kızılelma, indigenously developed...

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