A 1-ton domestically produced munition with a penetrating warhead, accelerated to 1.5 times the speed of sound using the HABRAS infrastructure, successfully pierced 1 meter thick concrete reinforced with steel.
Turkish Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank shared a video of the test, which was conducted on the SAGE HABRAS infrastructure, on his social media account.
We witnessed another historic moment at the TÜBİTAK SAGE HABRAS Infrastructure, which was inaugurated by our President.
In the test, approximately 1 ton of ammunition was accelerated to 1.5 times the speed of sound and reached its target. This marks another significant achievement for our defense industry. pic.twitter.com/yvHhydWZVO
— Mustafa Varank (@varank) December 27, 2018
Construction of HABRAS began in June 2017. Opened on October 31st, HABRAS is used for effectiveness tests of domestically developed weapon systems during the production phase, batch acceptance tests of mass-produced ammunition, and testing the effectiveness of weapon systems purchased from abroad by the Turkish Armed Forces against various targets under operational conditions.
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