There are similarities between Indonesia and Turkey, namely both have an obsession in developing MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defense Systems) missiles. In Indonesia, the development of the MANPADS missile was initiated by PT Pindad in 2017.
While in Turkey, the development of the MANPADS missile is carried out by the defense equipment manufacturer, Roketsan, under the Sungur Air Defense Missile System label.
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And if there is no news of the development of domestic MANPADS missiles in Indonesia, then it will be different in Turkey. It is reported that the first batch of Sungur missiles has entered service in the Turkish Army, namely in the man portable variant launched over the shoulder of a soldier.
Roketsan not only developed Sungur in a man portable variant, but also in a multi-launcher variant which was launched remotely/automatically from armored armored personnel carriers.
From the specifications, this heat-hunting missile adopts IIR (Imaging Infrared) guidance. Like the Mistral, Strela and FIM-92 Stinger missiles, the Sungur firing pattern is lock-on before launch or fire and forget.
Powered by a two-stage solid propellant rocket, this missile can pursue targets up to a maximum range of 8,000 meters and a minimum firing range of 500 meters. For the glide height, the maximum is 4,000 meters.
Although there is no official release about the speed of the Sungur missile, the defenseturkey.com website says that the speed of this missile is thought to reach Mach 2.2+.
For explosives, Sungur relies on high explosive annular blast fragmentation weighing 3 kg, as found in the Stinger missile. From its website, Roketsan says that Sungur can be launched from land and naval platforms and drones - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV).
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