Earlier in December, the president of Turkish Defence Industry Agency Ismair Demir posted a short video of the test of Roketesan’s Alka system on social media. According to information revealed by Roketsan, the Alka C-UAS system is capable to destroy drones with a laser weapon at a distance of up to 750 meters. It is also capable to interfere Mini and Micro UAVs with the electromagnetic jamming system at a range of up to 1 000 meters.
Hedefimiz savunma sanayiinin her alanında geriden gelen değil, önde giden bir Türkiye!🇹🇷
Sayılı ülkenin üzerinde çalıştığı lazer ve elektromanyetik faaliyetlerimizde önemli yer tutacak #ALKA Yönlendirilmiş Enerji Silah Sisteminin testlerinde bir aşamayı daha geride bıraktık. pic.twitter.com/BjcVpjwrhI
— Ismail Demir (@IsmailDemirSSB) December 25, 2022
The laser weapon of Alka system can be effectively used to destroy improvised explosive devices (IED).
According to Roketsan, Alka C-UAS system works day and night. It also featured an automatic target detection and tracking system using artificial intelligence-assisted image processing.
