Turkey's Indigenous Bunker Busting Cruise Missile Completes Preliminary Tests

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Turkey's Indigenous Bunker Busting Cruise Missile Completes Preliminary Tests

Turkey’s indigenous, bunker busting, long-range cruise missile “SOM-B2” has completed preliminary testing, Turkish minister of industry and technology announced Thursday.

"The first tests of the first Turkish SOM-B2 cruise missiles, which can be used against concrete fortifications, have been successfully carried out," Mustafa Varank, minister of industry and technology, tweeted.

 

Turkey's Indigenous Bunker Busting Cruise Missile Completes Preliminary Tests

Developed by TUBITAK Defense Industries Research and Development Institute under the guidance of the defense industry administration, the missile is reportedly capable of eliminating targets within a 200 kilometre-radius.

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