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Kacır: Gökdoğan Air-to-Air Missile Scores Direct Hit in Test
12 Feb 2025, 17:02 2 mins
Turkiye
Weapon / Missile
Kacır: Gökdoğan Air-to-Air Missile Scores Direct Hit in Test TurDef

Turkiye’s first indigenous beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, Gökdoğan, successfully struck a target drone with pinpoint accuracy during a test firing.

Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır shared footage of the missile test on his social media account, stating, “Our country’s first indigenous beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, Gökdoğan, directly hit the target aircraft during the test firing. A National Technology Initiative for a fully independent Turkiye in critical technologies.” The date stamp in the footage indicated that the test was conducted on 10 February 2025.
Secretary of Defence Industries (SSB) Haluk Görgün also retweeted Kacır’s post, emphasising the importance of air-to-air missile capability for air superiority and deterrence. Görgün stated, “Gökdoğan is a strategic step that strengthens our national capabilities in this field. I congratulate all our institutions, engineers, and industry partners, especially TÜBİTAK SAGE, for this achievement. Strong R&D, strong cooperation, strong Turkiye."

https://turdef.com/article/kacir-goekdog...it-in-test