Short-range ballistic missile
A short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) is a ballistic missile with a range of to . In past and potential regional conflicts, these missiles have been and would be used because of the short distances between some countries and their relative low c ...
developed on the basis of the
Bora (missile)
The Bora is a tactical ballistic missile
A tactical ballistic missile (TBM), or battlefield range ballistic missile (BRBM), is a ballistic missile designed for short-range battlefield use. Typically, range (aeronautics), range is less than ...
by Turkish state-owned Roketsan. It is Turkey's first missile of its kind. Turkey accidentally revealed the Typhon during a test launch on October 20, 2022.
Design and production
Since Tayfun was developed secretly, there is no information about its design period. Although the characteristics of the missile were unknown, it was later announced by the Ministry of National Defense. During the first test, Tayfun hit its target from a distance of 561 kilometers in a duration of 456 seconds.
Tayfun was successfully tested again on 23 May 2023 and right after entered mass production on 29 May 2023. In a test conducted in Rize, a city on the Black Sea coast of Türkiye, on February 3, 2025, Tayfun successfully hit a target on the sea, hundreds of kilometers away. Hit accuracy was 5 meters. Developed by Roketsan under the coordination of the Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB), Tayfun is Türkiye’s first short-range ballistic missile (SRBM), advancing the nation’s missile technology beyond tactical ballistic missile systems. Tayfun missile successfully hit a target on the sea off the coast of Sinop. Some experts pointed out the difference in distance between
Rize
Rize (; ; ; ka, რიზე}; ) is a coastal city in the eastern part of the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Rize Province and Rize District.Sinop, stating that Tayfun has a range of 500 to 800 km and that Türkiye has advanced in terms of both range and precision in ballistic missiles.
Impact
The missile was noticed by members of the press during a test in Rize, and the sudden appearance of this new weapon caused tension between Turkish-Greek relations. Later Erdoğan said that ''Now we have started to build our missiles. Of course, this production frightens the Greeks. When you say ‘Tayfun' (Typhoon), the Greek is scared. They (Greece) say it will hit Athens. Of course, it will hit it,'' Erdoğan said at an event in northern Samsun province. Greek Foreign Minister
Nikos Dendias
Nikolaos "Nikos" Dendias (; born 7 October 1959) is a Greek lawyer and politician of the conservative New Democracy (Greece), New Democracy party who has been serving as Minister for National Defence (Greece), Minister for National Defence in th ...
criticized Erdogan's words, saying ''North Korean attitudes cannot and must not enter the North Atlantic Alliance''.
Erdogan later stated that the range of the missile would be increased from 565 km to 1000 km. Roketsan CEO Ä°kinci said that ''Tayfun'' is in mass production, but work is ongoing to improve its range and increase production numbers.
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Bora (missile)
The Bora is a tactical ballistic missile
A tactical ballistic missile (TBM), or battlefield range ballistic missile (BRBM), is a ballistic missile designed for short-range battlefield use. Typically, range (aeronautics), range is less than ...
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Cenk (missile)
The Cenk () is a medium-range ballistic missile developed based on the Tayfun missile by Turkish state-owned Roketsan. It is Turkey's first MRBM system. The images of the Cenk ballistic missile, announced by President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan fo ...
Fateh-313
Fateh-313 (, "Conqueror-313"), an Iranian solid-fuel short-range ballistic missile, was unveiled on 21 August 2015. It is almost identical to the previous generation, the Fateh-110, but reportedly utilizes a new composite fuel and body. Iran’s ...
Scud missile
A Scud missile is one of a series of tactical ballistic missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was exported widely to both Second and Third World countries. The term comes from the NATO reporting name attached to the m ...
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9K720 Iskander
The 9K720 Iskander (; NATO reporting name SS-26 Stone) is a Russian mobile short-range ballistic missile system. It has a range of . It was intended to replace the OTR-21 Tochka in the Russian military by 2020.
The Iskander has several differ ...
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Zolfaghar (missile)
The Zolfaghar () missile is an Iranian road-mobile, single-stage, solid-propelled SRBM named after Zulfiqar the sword of Ali ibn Abi Talib. It is believed to be derived from the Fateh-110 SRBM family (possibly the Fateh-313 missile). The Aero ...
DF-15
The Dong-Feng 15 (a.k.a. DF-15, M-9, CSS-6) is a short-range ballistic missile developed by China. The U.S. Department of Defense estimated in 2008 that China had 315–355 DF-15 missiles and 90–110 launchers.
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Development on the DF- ...
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Hyunmoo
Hyunmoo () is a series of South Korean ballistic and cruise missiles developed by the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and manufactured by Hanwha and LIG Nex1.
The Hyunmoo-1 was a variant of the NHK-1 Baekgom (Nike Hercules Korea-1 White ...
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Shaheen-I
The Shaheen-I (; Military designation: Hatf–IV, Translit.: ''Target-4''), is a Surface to surface missile, land-based Short-range ballistic missile, short-range ballistic missile designed and developed by the National Defence Complex and NESCO ...
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Hwasong-11A
The Hwasong-11A (), also known as KN-23 under the United States’s naming convention, is a North Korean single-stage, solid-fueled short-range ballistic missile.
Design
The Hwasong-11A bears an external resemblance to the Russian Iskander-M ...