Nov 18, 2025 12:29 PM
Tolga is Turkey’s next-gen short-range air defense system, combining advanced radar, electro-optical sensors, and electronic warfare to detect and classify aerial threats.
Turkey’s Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE) recently put on a show as its Tolga short-range air defense (SHORAD) system destroyed every drone in live-fire trials.
The tests, hosted at the Karapınar Firing, Test, and Evaluation Center, drew around 100 observers from the Turkish Armed Forces and security agencies.
Across eight scenarios, Tolga hit a “100 percent success rate” using both soft-kill and hard-kill methods.
Read the full story on NextGen Defense: Turkey’s New SHORAD Crushes Drones in Live-Fire Tests, Hits Perfect Kill Rate
Turkey•electronic warfare•counter drone technology•counter drone system•short-range air defense•weapon
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