ASELSAN #GÖKTAN firing test
Rocket engine integrated into TOLUN to provide ground-to-ground strike capability,
Mission planning and firing with Command Control - Fire Control software and hardware,
Precision strike on long-range targets by opening its wings after separation from the DeltaV rocket
Main idea behind this project is to be able fire a bomb like Tolun to a distance where a plane would normally carry it.
Hence without endangering your plane and it’s pilot, you are delivering more economically a potent weapon, hundreds of kilometres away, at a speed that far exceeds any plane’s.
We don’t know the exact details of this hybrid fuelled rocket. It looks like a 280mm rocket they used to reach 103 km altitude. These sounding rockets can travel in excess of 7 Mach speeds. But if an IIR seeker is to be used, rocket’s speed or seeker’s cover may have to be tamed to accommodate it.
Also the newer fuel they use is claimed to burn 3 times faster, giving a better thrust factor. We don’t know if they used this fuel.
As these Tolun munition itself is designed to glide to target, it has to be released at an altitude that would suit Tolun’s flight profile.
Whether these important details will ever be made public is a question not easily answered. However, the fact remains that this rocket’s introduction in to the equation improves our hand drastically to a game changer position.
This is potentially a big leap of improvement over the Boeing-Saab GLSDB missile.
Developed in partnership with Boeing, our GLSDB is exceptionally flexible, highly effective and accurate over long distances.
www.saab.com
similar to GLSDB (Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb) which uses M26 's rocket engine
