Tayfun Block-4 – Turkey’s First Hypersonic Ballistic Missile

📍 Overview

Tayfun Block-4 is Turkey's first hypersonic ballistic missile, recently unveiled in Istanbul, marking a major advancement in Turkish defense capabilities.

📌 Key Details:

• 🚀 Developer: Turkish defense company Roketsan

• ⚙️ Type: Hypersonic version of the Tayfun missile (Turkey’s longest-range domestically made ballistic missile)

• 🌐 Speed: Hypersonic (≥ Mach 5, or 5 times the speed of sound)

• 📏 Length: 6.5 meters

• ⚖️ Weight: 2,300 kg

📌 Features:

• 🎯 Operational Range: Up to 800 km, planned extension to 1000 km

• 🎛️ Guidance System: Combination of

  • GPS (Global Positioning System)

  • GLONASS (Russian satellite system)

  • INS (Inertial Navigation System)
    ➤ Delivers high accuracy with a maximum error of just 5 meters

• 💣 Warhead: Fragmentation warhead

• 🧪 Fuel: Uses solid composite fuel – allows rapid response and reliable deployment

• 🎯 Target Capability: Designed for strategic targets such as

  • Air defense systems

  • Command centers

  • Critical infrastructure

📌 Significance:
Tayfun Block-4 reflects Turkey’s push into advanced missile technology, joining a select group of countries with hypersonic strike capability.