Daily Sabah Politics:
The Akkor Pulat domestic missile defense system will be ready for use by the Turkish military next month as part of the ongoing Operation Olive Branch, Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said yesterday.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA) on the Afrin offensive against the PKK-affiliated People’s Protection Units (YPG), Canikli said that the domestically produced missile defense system is designed to protect tanks used in ground operations against missiles during Operation Olive Branch will be ready next month.
“We will start the installation of the Pulat system onto tanks taking part in Operation Olive Branch at the end of the month [or] early April,” Canikli said, adding that the work on the missile defense system has nearly been finalized. He said that the system was domestically produced by ASELSAN and that the system can provide protection to tanks even in close range attacks. He added that experts will carry out the installation in the field.
