The test involved the GÖKSUR IIR missile, equipped with an imaging infrared seeker, which successfully engaged and destroyed a sea-skimming target. The missile was launched from ASELSAN’s indigenously developed GÖKSUR 100-N Vertical Launch System, highlighting advances in Türkiye’s national missile-launch technologies.
Guidance during the missile’s mid-course phase was provided by ASELSAN’s GÜDÜ data link, while autonomous terminal phase targeting enabled a direct hit on the intended target. The trial underscored the system’s precision and the capability to neutralise low-altitude maritime threats.
Developed by Aselsan in cooperation with TÜBİTAK SAGE, the GÖKSUR product family provides high-efficiency point air defence for naval platforms against sea-skimming anti-ship and cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and combat aircraft. The system enhances both deterrence and survivability by strengthening shipboard missile-defence architecture.
Ahmet Akyol, Aselsan President & CEO, said: “With GÖKSUR, Türkiye has reached a new milestone in its naval defense capability. This success not only strengthens our naval defense and deterrence but also underscores ASELSAN’s commitment to developing indigenous, game-changing systems that ensure the operational superiority of armed forces.”
