Turkey Unveils Tayfun Block-4: First Home-Built Hypersonic Missile Vantage with Palki Sharma
Turkey Unveils Tayfun Block-4: First Home-Built Hypersonic Missile | Vantage with Palki Sharma
Turkey reveals its first indigenously developed hypersonic missile, the Tayfun Block-4, at an international arms expo in Istanbul. Developed by Turkish defence manufacturer Roketsan, the missile can travel at five times the speed of sound at low altitudes. The Tayfun Block-4 marks a major step in Turkey's defence ambitions and is the hypersonic variant of the country's longest-range ballistic missile.
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