J-600T Yıldırım
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J-600T Thunderbolt | |
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Type | Turkish Army |
Production history | |
Designer | Roketsan |
Manufacturer | Roketsan |
Produced | 1998 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 2100 kg |
Length | 6.10 m |
Diameter | 600 mm |
Warhead | 480 kg TNT+RDX conventional warhead |
Detonation mechanism | Proximity / Impact |
Engine | Single-stage solid propellant |
Propellant | HTPB (composite) |
Operational range | Yıldırım I: 150 km Yıldırım II: 300 km |
Maximum speed | Supersonic |
Guidance system | Inertial and Optical guidance systems |
Launch platform | F-600T (based on MAN 26.372 6x6) |
J-600T Yıldırım (Thunderbolt) is a short-range ballistic missile developed by Roketsan based on the Chinese B-611,[1][2] it is designed to attack high-value targets such as enemy air defence installations, C3I centers, logistics and infrastructure facilities as well as providing fire support to friendly artillery by expanding the area of effect.
History
Turkey's cooperation with China and Pakistan for the joint development of ballistic missiles began in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The story of Project J, as well as Project Kasırga which preceded it, goes back to the first half of the 1990s, when negotiations for the technology transfer and production under license in Turkey of the American
The J-600T design is based on the B-611 SRBM developed by China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corporation (CPMIEC) as a low cost tactical missile system, with a range of up to 250 km in improved versions such as the B-611M, and as a replacement for the M-11 (CSS-7 and DF-11) missiles in Chinese inventory. CPMIEC officials have confirmed at the IDEF 2007 military fair in Ankara that B-611M, the improved version of B-611, was not a part of the Sino-Turkish cooperation program.
Turkey's
Roketsan is reportedly working on an improved version of J-600T, details of which are highly speculative for the moment. Given that the system was first revealed to the public more than 7 years of its introduction to service, it can be expected that information about the improved version, if there is any, is going to remain secret for some time.
Characteristics
The Yıldırım system is composed of two units: The J-600T SRBM and the F-600T launcher vehicle, which is based on the MAN 26.372 6x6 truck, manufactured in Turkey. The same vehicle is also used for the Turkish-built
The missile's flight is controlled by an INS (Inertial Navigation System) which feeds trajectory correction command inputs to the four moving wings at the nozzle section. The trajectory data is loaded onto the missile's Guidance & Control Unit (GCU) (FCS) on board the F-600T vehicle before the launch. The FCS in F-600T is also supported by BAIKS (Batarya Atış İdare Kompüter Sistemi, eng: Battery Fire Control Computer System) and TOMES (Topçu Meteoroloji Sistemi, eng: Artillery Meteorology System). It is reported that the missile can also be upgraded with a GPS/INS GCU.
Each J-600T Yıldırım battery consists of:
- 1 x Battery Command & Control Vehicle
- 2 x Firing Team Command and Control Vehicles
- 6 x F-600T Launcher Vehicles
- 7 x F-600T Reload - Resupply Vehicles
- 1 x Maintenance Vehicle
Operation
The J-600T has been operational with the
Specifications
The J-600T Yıldırım, developed and manufactured by
- J-600T Yıldırım I SRBM(150 km range)
- J-600T Yıldırım II SRBM(300 km range)
- J-600T Yıldırım III SRBM (900 km range)[citation needed]
Manufacturer:
Launcher vehicle: F-600T (Based on MAN 26.372 6x6)
Warhead type: TNT+RDX
Fuze: Proximity
Guidance: INS
Range: 150 km (J-600T Yıldırım I); 300 km (J-600T Yıldırım II); 900 km (J-600T Yıldırım III)[citation needed]
Diameter: 600 mm
Length: 6.10 m
Weight, total: 2,100 kg
Weight, warhead: 480 kg
Propellant type: HTPB (Composite)
CEP: < 15m (for J-600T Yıldırım I)[3]
References and notes
- ^ "TÜRKİYE'DE İLK ÜRETİLEN FÜZE OLAN 'J' ŞİLE'DE YAPILAN DENEMEDE GÖZ DOLDURDU". Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM). 14 January 2002. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "Bora J-600T Yildirim". Global Security. 29 January 2018. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ https://www.trmilitary.org/viewtopic.php?t=414
- Jane's Strategic Weapon Systems. October 27, 2011 Archived January 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- .: TÜBİTAK-SAGE/Proje-Ürünler :.
- (in Turkish) "J" doping to army, Utku Çakırözer, Milliyet, 14 January 2002 Archived 4 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Devlet sırrı olarak saklanıyor!, 7 October 2015