Türkiye has launched the Steel Dome project, integrating SİPER-1 into its multi-layer air defense network
Türkiye has launched the Steel Dome project, which links air and missile defense elements under a single command center. The project is structured as a 'system of systems' architecture, integrating radar systems and interceptor missiles into a common network. The SİPER-1 long-range air defense system has been incorporated into the Steel Dome as a cornerstone component. According to overtdefense.co
Türkiye has launched the Steel Dome project, which links the security of the 'Sky Homeland' to a single command center. The Steel Dome is a 'system of systems' architecture that integrates every element, from radar systems to interceptor missiles, under a common network. The Steel Dome has been established as the cornerstone of Türkiye’s air and missile defense. Türkiye has integrated the SİPER-1 long-range air defense system into its multi-layer 'Steel Dome' air defense network.
According to overtdefense.com, the SİPER program was launched around 2018 to fill a gap left by delayed foreign acquisitions and to boost sovereign defense. In late 2022, Turkish engineers test-fired SİPER prototypes in Sinop, with one missile flying beyond 100km in range. In May 2023, the SİPER system’s final live-fire trial succeeded, confirming its accuracy. Serial production contracts for the SİPER system followed late in 2023. The Turkish Armed Forces received the first SİPER batteries in August 2025.
Aselsan announced the signing of a new contract related to the Steel Dome, according to europesays.com. The Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) President Haluk Görgün announced that a significant milestone had been reached in the development and testing of Siper-2, according to europesays.com.
This account was written only from facts that survived Augur's
corroboration pass — 4 corroborated across opposed news blocs,
0 contested (attributed to both sides), 7
single-source (attributed). Nothing was added; no significance was inferred.
Model Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct.
See the evidence & the verbatim quotes →