According to aselsan brochure ABM capacity will be available in 2028 but most likely it will be in 2029 if not later and akkuyu will start next year i believe.
One positive side of this war is threat of ballistic missiles has gone down. If iran goes down in civil war or a new pro western government comes to power than their ballistic missile program is history. Only the israelis have air launched ballistic missile but they are a bit easier to combat
It has to do with the payload. SM3 has basically two main components the rocket and the kill vehicle. The rocket transports the kill vehicle outside the atmosphere and the kill vehicle can move freely with very little propelent to hit its target because their is no air resistance and gravity...
I mean the overall volume.
In 2023-2024 we received the first prototype battery.
In 2025 we received one in September and one in December.
Im questioning if they can increase their production that fast.
That doesn't even include the normal alp radars under contract for which at least two dozen...
They will also need an extensiv credit line for that purchase. Not sure who would provide that maybe the Qataris if it even ends in an actual contract as they are basically buying without money.
Iran only option would be their ballistic missiles which are everything but precise. Even those that did penetrate the israeli air Defence because of saturation and high terminal velocity couldn't do significant damage to military targets because of the inaccuracy. Our tayfun series sports the...