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Türkiye’s Ministry of National Defense R&D center unveiled Yildirimhan, the nation’s first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), at Istanbul’s SAHA 2026 expo.
According to the technical specification panel displayed at the SAHA 2026 exposition, Yildirimhan has the following characteristics: a range of 6,000 kilometers, a speed of Mach 9 to Mach 25, four liquid-fuel rocket engines and Nitrogen Tetroxide propellant.
The system was developed by the Defense Ministry's R&D center and presented publicly for the first time at SAHA 2026.
No further operational details were disclosed at the time of the unveiling.
The SAHA 2026 International Defense and Aerospace Exhibition opened at the Istanbul Expo Center under the organization of SAHA Istanbul, Türkiye’s and Europe’s largest defense, aerospace and space industry cluster.
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