Turkey’s Defense Industry companies have continued to work on many different domestic cruise missiles over the past few years. As a result of this SOLID and CAKIR They succeeded in obtaining two new products. now too SOM-B2 It has been shared that an improved version named will enter the inventory this year.
SOM vs ÇAKIR: Native cruise missile features!
ROKETSAN recently introduced the new ÇAKIR missiles, which will add power to SOM cruise missile systems. Here are the differences between the two…
Domestic cruise missile SOM-B2 features and engine
domestic cruise missile SOM-B2, it is actually a new version that will be included in the series. The members of this family can be used in accordance with the task and the target, thanks to the titles developed for different purposes. for example SOM-B1 While designed for attacking soft targets, SOM-J It is made suitable for jets with low radar visibility, which can carry in-body loads like the F-35.
SOM-B2, which was developed in this direction, was produced to provide efficiency in hard concrete targets. This missile, which is used in an air-to-ground attack thanks to its advanced technology features, can fly low for 250 kilometers without being seen on the radar after being released by jets traveling above the speed of sound. By moving in accordance with the roughness of the land, it destroys its target without anyone even realizing it.
SOM-B2 The good news about it is that it will be powered by the KTJ-3200 Turbojet engine of the KALE group, which is completely domestically produced and used in ATMACA (land-to-ground missile). The main features of this engine are as follows:
- Weight: 48 kg.
- Diameter: 30 cm.
- Altitude: 5,000 m.
- Speed: 900 km/h (0.95 Mach)
- Length : 72 cm.
- Service Life: 17 hours.
- Thrust: 3.2kN and maximum 3.5kN
- Systems to be used: SOM, Hawk
SOM series and features
- Engagement in opportunity goals
- Selectable hit parameters, re-attack mode
- Autonomous operation, three-dimensional mission planning, resistant to countermeasures
- Infrared Imager Bracket [IIR] high precision terminal phase guidance with header
- Low visibility, High sensitivity.
- It can work in all weather conditions.
- Ability to Update Target, Re-attack, Mission Cancellation with Datalink
- Engagement from surface and underwater platforms against land and surface targets
- Global Positioning System (GPS)
- Inertial Navigation System (ANS)
- Earth Referenced Navigation System (YRNS)
- Infrared Imaging Seeker
- Automatic Target Detection (OHA)
| Specifications | SOM-B1 | SOM-A | SOM-B2 | SOM-J |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 4m | 4m | 4m | 3.9m |
| Weight | 620 kg | 620 kg | 660 kg | 500 kg |
| Range | 250 km [135 nmi] | 250 km [135 nmi] | 250 km [135 nmi] | 275 km [150 nmi] |
| Warhead Type | High Explosive Particle Effect |
High Explosive Particle Effect |
Consecutive Penetrating Warhead | High Explosive Particle Effect, Armor piercing |
| Warhead Weight | 230 kg | 230 kg | 230 kg | 140 kg |
| Seeker Head | Infrared Imager Seeker | Infrared Imager Seeker | Infrared Imager Seeker | Infrared Imager Seeker |
| Platforms | F-4 / F-16 | F-4 / F-16 | F-4 / F-16 | F-35 [JSF] F-16 |
| Speed | – | – | – | High Subsonic |
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