ASELSAN: With this integration, Bayraktar KIZILELMA will gain the capability to carry up to eight TOLUN P precision-guided munitions in its internal station.
Let’s think simply, friends:
If Kızılelma can detect an F-16 Viper from 150+ km in the air,
and the F-16 Viper can only detect Kızılelma from 50–60 km,
this already gives Kızılelma nearly a 100 km advantage in range.
So even if it’s not fully autonomous, delays in that 100 km window...
Additionally, the F-16 Özgür flew with the MURAD AESA radar on March 26, 2024. So according to open sources, the MURAD AESA radar has been operating in the air for nearly 2 years
Akıncı UCAV already made its first flight with the MURAD AESA radar on March 1, 2025. Since then, 8 months have passed — a sufficient duration for an airborne testing phase.
Because Akıncı and Kızılelma share almost the same avionics systems, we are likely to see a Gökdoğan air-to-air missile...
The Sadak 4T launcher weighs 175 kg, and the TOLUN munition is 150 kg. So in the latest test, KIZILELMA flew with:
2x Sadak 4T = 350 kg
2x TOLUN = 300 kg
Total = 650 kg of payload.
This means it could potentially carry 8x TOLUN and 2x Sadak 4T launchers, reaching a total payload of *1,470...