{"id":102520,"date":"2026-05-08T14:35:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=102520"},"modified":"2026-05-08T14:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:05:31","slug":"yildirimhan-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/yildirimhan-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"Yildirimhan Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Yildirimhan Missile Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turkiye has unveiled a prototype of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) named Yildirimhan Missile as part of a push to become self-reliant and to gain a foothold as a key defence player in the Middle East and among its NATO allies.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Yildirimhan Missile<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> developed by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-turkey\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Turkey<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a <\/span><b>range <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of <\/span><b>6,000 km<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If launched from Turkey, the Yildirimhan will be able to hit targets across Europe, Africa, and Asia.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile can travel at up to Mach 25, an extreme<\/span><b> hypersonic speed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> equivalent to 25 times the speed of sound, or nearly eight kilometres per second.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has <\/span><b>four rocket propulsion engines<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is <\/span><b>fuelled by liquid nitrogen tetroxide.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While liquid fuel introduces some \u201coperational trade-offs\u201d in terms of launch readiness, it enables greater optimisation of range and payload.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile is reported to be capable of carrying a warhead, or multiple warheads, with a total weight of up to three tonnes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is expected to be launched from a <\/span><b>mobile wheeled launcher.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/5\/7\/turkiye-unveils-its-first-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-what-we-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>ALJ<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yildirimhan Missile is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed by Turkey. 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