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Turkey to Modernise Azerbaijan’s Su-25 Fighters

Our Bureau - : Jul 27, 2023 - : 2:27 am

Turkey will integrate indigenously developed smart bombs and missiles on Azerbaijani Su-25 as part of its effort to modernise the combat aircraft.

An agreement to this effect was signed between the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan and the Turkish Aerospace during the Show. As part of the agreement, the Turkish company will integrate the Turkish-made smart bombs and missiles into the aircraft and undertake several avionics modernization activities.

“Today we have signed the contract for the modernisation of Su-25 aircraft in the inventory of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, as part of our efforts to share our capabilities in the field of defence industry with friendly and brotherly countries,” Prof. Dr. Haluk Görgün, President of the Turkish Presidency of Defence Industry, said.

According to media reports, recently at the Anatolian Eagle 2023 Exercise hosted by Turkey, the Su-25 aircraft was photographed with a wing-assisted KGK guided-kit bomb. KGK is a wing-assisted guidance kit that converts existing unguided 1000 lb MK83 and 500 lb MK82 general purpose bombs into long-range, air to ground smart weapons. With KGK, the bombs have the capability of precision hitting of target from 100 km range, in all weather conditions, providing aircraft to complete the mission safely without entering into enemy air defence zone.

KGK has ranges maximum 60 nm when released from high altitudes and 20 nm when released from low altitudes. The KGK wing kit, developed by Turkey’s weapons development house Tubitak Sage, has already been integrated on Turkey’s F-16 and F-4 Phantom fleets.

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