“Nazar” .. Turkish system to neutralize guided missiles
“Nazar” .. Turkish system to neutralize guided missiles
Ankara/Küksel Yıldırım/Anatolia
Ozgur Cankara, director of the system manufacturer:
The Nazar system can neutralize guided missiles equipped with optoelectronic and infrared sensors.
The goal of the system is to protect military bases, installations and important platforms for the naval forces
– The system can neutralize hostile missiles at greater distances than other systems currently used in the Turkish army
The Turkish company Meteksan Defense Industries has developed a laser-based anti-missile system that can neutralize guided missiles equipped with optoelectronic sensors, as well as those equipped with infrared sensors.
The system, called “Nazar”, will be displayed for the first time at the 15th Istanbul International Defense Industry Fair (İDEF), which kicked off on Tuesday.
In statements to Anadolu Agency, Ozgur Cankara, General Manager of Meteksan, said that the third and fourth generation guided missiles, which are equipped with optical-electronic sensors as well as infrared sensors, have become a major threat to military bases and strategic civilian targets in recent years.
Cankara added that in parallel with the great development of missile systems in the world, Turkish experts are making great efforts to take the necessary technological measures to counter such missiles, and that the Nazar system project is one of the most important efforts in this field.
He pointed out that Meteksan Company began work on the project in 2016 within the framework of the agreement signed by the company with the Presidency of Defense Industries of the Turkish Presidency.
** Laser technologies are only available in the great powers
Jankara explained that the goal of the Nazar system is to protect important military bases, installations and platforms for the naval forces from guided missiles equipped with optical-electronic sensors, and equipped with infrared sensors.
He pointed out that the countries that can use laser technologies in armament are very few, which are described as great powers, and the products that use these technologies are very limited, and therefore the Nazar project bears special importance for the Turkish defense industries.
On the mechanism of the system’s work, Jankara said that when it is verified that there is a missile threat coming to a platform or a target, the system launches a beam of laser beams of the appropriate wavelength towards the missile, which leads to a glow and glare that blinds the missile’s sensors, making the missile unable to see the target And heading towards it and thus the missile falls somewhere else, away from the target.
** High efficiency and low cost
Cankara stated that the Nazar system can neutralize hostile missiles at greater distances than other systems currently used by the Turkish Armed Forces, in addition to that the missile resistance to it will be less due to the fact that the system works with laser technology, and the missile resistance against this technology is still weak, and therefore the Nazar system will be effective. Large.
He stated that one of the advantages of the system is also its low cost, and that it will be installed on a moving vehicle that can be moved at any time to the site to be protected.
** Protection of warships
Cankara indicated the completion of the first phase of the project, which is the land system, and the continuation of work to complete a naval system used to protect the strategic objectives of the Turkish Navy.
He continued, “The naval system is currently in the stage of acceptance tests and trials, and it is expected to be completed in a few months and then delivered by the end of this year to the Navy to install them in the naval bases that will be determined, or on the warships. We are working on producing smaller models of the system that can be used.” with different platforms.
And he added, “The system can work effectively against all optical-electronic and infrared sensors. Looking at the types of threats in general, we see that we can make the system able to neutralize threats by 80% using only two wavelengths. Therefore, we started working on miniaturization system.”
Regarding the range of the system, Cankara said that its effect is twice that of the currently used systems, meaning that it can neutralize hostile missiles from much greater distances than other systems, and thus Turkey has a “protective shield” that is much better than the existing shields.
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