SİPER

Turkey's indigenous long-range surface-to-air missile system, developed by Aselsan and Roketsan to form the top tier of the national air-defense shield and reduce reliance on foreign systems like the S-400 and Patriot. It entered initial service in 2023.

In service since 2023 · 1 operator countries

Compiled from public sources ·primary reference ↗ ·last verified 2026-07-02

150

km range

24,000

m altitude

targets

Pricing: Unit cost not publicly disclosed

Procurement snapshot

Availability & export

Türkiye export-licensed

SSB-administered; growing export programme, some Western sub-component dependencies.

Channel: Direct commercial / G2G

Fielded & proven

Limited · 1 operator

In service since 2023. Status: active.

Lifecycle cost (est.)

No public unit price to model from.

Interoperability

No standardised NATO calibre / datalink detected in public specs.

Derived guidance from public data — export regime by country of origin, lifecycle from the GAO ~30% acquisition rule. Verify eligibility, pricing and offsets with the manufacturer and your acquisition authority.

Full specifications

Performance

Speed, range, altitude and engagement capability.

Engagement range Maximum distance at which an air-defense system can intercept targets. Higher covers more airspace.: 150 km

Stronger than 72% of air-defense systems
Engagement altitude Maximum target altitude the system can reach.: 24,000 m

Stronger than 60% of air-defense systems
Simultaneous targets Number of targets the system can engage at once. Higher resists saturation attacks.: 6

Stronger than 44% of air-defense systems

Firepower

Armament, payload and guidance.

Main armament Primary weapon: main gun, cannon or missile type.: SİPER long-range interceptor missile
Warhead type Blast-fragmentation, shaped charge (HEAT), penetrator, thermobaric or nuclear-capable.: Fragmentation
Guidance How the weapon finds its target: inertial, GPS/GLONASS, active/semi-active radar, infrared, laser, TV, wire.: Active radar homing, Inertial + datalink

Sensors & avionics

Radar, sensor suite and datalinks.

Radar Primary radar. AESA (active electronically scanned array) is the current state of the art.: Long-range 3D multifunction radar
Datalink Network connectivity: Link 16, MADL, national datalinks. Enables cooperative engagement.: National air-defense command network

Program

Cost, production scale and operators.

Operator countries Number of countries operating the system. More operators means broader support ecosystem.: 1

Stronger than 19% of air-defense systems

Specifications compiled from public Aselsan and reference sources ↗. Published defense figures are approximations — treat comparisons as directional. Last verified 2026-07-02.

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