It seems that the information I got was incorrect. The article I read said that the Gökdogan-ER is a dual pulse missile while the Gökhan is a ramjet missile.
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And they did it through the "AZRA" datalink. Dunno which company is responsible for that or perhaps it's the T-Link renamed. Or a Baykar invention?
T Link is a tactical data link. Even though it is much better than Link-16 it isn't suitable for in-arm links. Maybe it is the new name of Aselsan IVDL, which is for Kaan
We got that 65+ km range figure because the inception of the GÖKTUĞ project (Gökdoğan BVR/Bozdoğan VWRAAM) began with the TuAF's need to replace its AMRAAM-Bs, which were procured in relatively large quantities and were at the end of their service life. That's where the '65 km' figure comes from, because those missiles have a range of 65 km, whereas Gökdoğan's figure refers to its 'effective range (mind you, not the NEZ!). However, as Gökdoğan got developed, it became more of an AMRAAM-C5/C7 analogue and has been reported to have a similar range (the former head of the SSB once revealed on TV by mistake that its actual range was over 100+ km).
In the recent BVRAAM launch test of the Kızılelma, the missile shot down a target drone from 30 nmi away, which is roughly the same operational range as AMRAAM-Cs.
We have no recent updates on the fate of the Gökdoğan-ER, which is an AMRAAM-D equivalent. But logic dictates that it must be under development to bridge the gap between the C5-equivalent Gökdoğan and the ramjet-propelled Gökbora (as well as the even longer-ranged, inherently larger ramjet Gökhan).
Isn't it exclusively for in-wing Kaans, since we haven't heard about usage on any other platforms from Aselsan? Though a similar conformal LPI datalink specialized for general use by any platform based off of IVDL could be "swiftly" developed...
Where is this from?
It isn't (or shouldn't be) hard to integrate it to Anka-3 and Kızılelma
