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New Delhi: Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan-led government has decided to increase the country's air defense. The Turkish government is planning to expand the Steel Dome System multi-layered air defense system in the country by the end of this year. The plan includes increasing missile systems, aircraft, warships, tanks and unmanned systems. That is, along with the land, Turkey will also secure its maritime area with its Steel Dome so that possible air attacks can be dealt with. When was it planned?
This decision has been taken by Turkey just after the 12-day war between Iran and Israel. Erdogan had expressed concern over the missile and drone attacks carried out by Israel and Iran on each other. After expressing concern over the Israeli attacks, Erdogan has now shown confidence in the Steel Dome Air Defense to strengthen the country's air security. What is Steel Dome?
According to sources in the Turkish Defense Ministry, on Thursday, June 26, Turkey has planned to expand the multilayer air defense system across the country by investing in its air defense system Steel Dome' Turkey has also crossed NATO's target of 2 percent defense expenditure. The Defense Ministry has said that Turkey, the second largest army in the NATO alliance, has increased investment in the defense industry. US President Donald Trump has asked NATO countries to increase defense spending.
Turkey announced last year to move forward on the Steel Dome multi-layered air defense system. This system works by integrating with many platforms. It will be network-centric and will cover vast areas of Turkey's airspace through AI. Steel Dome will have four layers, which will deal with very short range, short range, medium range and long range threats. Turkey's Steel Dome system thwarts enemy country's attacks in the sky itself. What is Steel Dome capable of?
Turkey has designed Steel Dome to counter all types of air threats such as rockets, missiles and drones. It has long-range radars, sensors and multi-layered defense capabilities. Steel Dome is not a single system but an integrated air defense system (IADS). Which works by combining various components for better effectiveness.
Steel Dome uses state-of-the-art sensors, interceptors and directed energy weapons – such as Alka and Gokberk systems. This system is capable of identifying long-range threats, such as fighter jets, ballistic missiles and drones. One of its major features is its modern software and Artificial Intelligence powered system. These enable it to be active immediately and make data analysis and decisions. Steel Dome Vs Iron Dome
Turkey's Steel Dome is said to be even better and technologically advanced than Israel's Iron Dome system, which is famous all over the world for intercepting and destroying enemy missiles in the sky. Apart from this, it also stops attacks like drones in the sky.
