Trend reports referring to the Turkish media.

The rocket, called KAAN, was launched from a test site in the province of Sinop in northern Turkey and, flying a specified distance, fell in the Black Sea.

It is noted that this test is the last, after which the missile will be adopted by the Turkish army.

The missile launched from the Sinop province overcame a distance of 280 kilometers. Fikri Ishik, the Minister of Defense of Turkey, took part in the tests to launch the missile KAAN.

The rocket system KAAN, manufactured by the company "Roketsan", was presented at the international exhibition of the defense industry IDEF-2017 in Istanbul.

The KAAN missile with a diameter of 610 millimeters is capable of providing effective fire support to army units. It is equipped with an inertial navigation system and a global positioning system (GPS) for accurate strikes against targets. A rocket weighing 2.5 tons is capable of carrying a warhead weighing half a ton.

Turkish company "Roketsan" since 2009 is implementing a program to develop a long-range missile "Bora" and a platform for its launch.

According to unofficial data, the Bora missile system can be classified as a strategic offensive weapon. According to experts, the range of target destruction by a new missile exceeds 1000 kilometers.