Turkey is developing a new missile defense system Korkut that resembles Israel’s Iron Dome, to prevent Islamic State militant’s rocket attacks.
The Israeli defense system has proved to be successful against rockets fired by Hamas in the Gaza Strip against Israeli towns. Similarly, the Turkish system is designed to intercept and destroy short-range rockets fired from distances of 4 to 70 kilometers.
According to Defenseworld.net, the Korkut can fire 1,100 rounds per minute and will destroy rockets before they hit the ground, Ilker Akgungor Defense Journalist said.
The fact that the Turkish system will use massive firing of projectiles differs it completly from the Israeli “Iron Dome”.
“Turkey, which is speeding up the production process of a defense system, is also developing early warning, countermortar radar, and surface-to-air missile systems,” said Abdullah Agar a defense expert. The systems are designed to augment a weapons shield system. “These new weapons have given good results in the laboratories, but whether they will yield the required results on real attacks is yet to be seen,” he said.
“The systems of the U.S. and Israel were used
