Bora is a

tactical ballistic missile A tactical ballistic missile (TBM), or battlefield range ballistic missile (BRBM), is a ballistic missile designed for short-range battlefield use. Typically, range (aeronautics), range is less than . Tactical ballistic missiles are usually ...

developed by Turkish company

ROKETSAN Roketsan Roket Sanayii ve Ticaret A.S. is a major Turkish weapons manufacturer and defense contractor based in Ankara, Turkey. Incorporated in 1988 by Turkey's Defense Industry Executive Committee (''SSİK'') to establish the nation's industri ...

. It has 610 mm diameter, a length of 8.0 m, a total weight of 2500 kg with a minimum range of 80 km and maximum range of 280 km. Its export version is called Khan. It was tested and entered service in May 2017. Deliveries were completed in early 2021.

Design

The Bora uses GPS+GLONASS aided

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/ INS only guidance and its launcher is mounted on a

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8x8 truck. It carries a 470-kg high-explosive or fragmentation warhead. Accuracy is ≤10 m.

Variants

The Bora-2 version with a longer range is under development.

Users

Khan Variant

* : Announced in Indo Defence 2022.

Comparable missiles

J-600T Yıldırım The J-600T Yıldırım (''Thunderbolt'') is a conventional battlefield ballistic missile system providing high mobility, designed to attack high-value targets such as enemy air defence installations, C3I centers, logistics and infrastructure facil ...

*Hatf-I *Abdali-I *OTR-21 Tochka *9K720 Iskander *B-611#P-12, P-12 *Nasr (missile) *Prahaar (missile) *LORA (missile) *Šumadija (multiple rocket launcher) *Çakır (missile)

References

Tactical ballistic missiles of Turkey, Bora Post–Cold War weapons of Turkey Roketsan products Surface-to-surface missiles of Turkey Ballistic missiles of Turkey Weapons and ammunition introduced in 2017 Theatre ballistic missiles {{missile-stub