Turkish Company Roketsan has developed the Sungur, a new air defense missile system that has been designed to be integrated on light tactical or armored vehicles and used to provide short-range protection against aerial targets.

Roketsan Sungur air defense missile system mounted on Vuran 4x4 armored vehicle at IDEF 2021, defense exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey. (Picture source Army Recognition)

At IDEF 2021, International Defense Exhibition, the Sungur air defense missile system is mounted on a Vuran 4x4 armored vehicle produced by the Turkish company Vuran offering a mobile air defense system that can be deployed on the modern battlefield.

The Roketsan Sungur consists of two missile launcher pods, each capable of firing two fire-and-forget infrared-guided (IR) missiles. The self-propelled surface-to-air missile system provides mobile, short-range air defense protection for ground units against cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), low-flying fixed-wing aircraft, and helicopters.

The missile can reach aerial targets from a distance of 500 m to 8 km with an altitude up to 4 km. It has the capability to be fire when the vehicle is on the move and it has effective target detection, diagnosis, identification, tracking on 360-degrees during day and night conditions.