SOM is Turkey’s long-range, smart and precision-guided cruise missile, designed to strike strategic land and naval targets with high accuracy. Developed to meet modern deep-strike requirements, SOM provides the Turkish Armed Forces with significant flexibility and deterrence. It can be launched from platforms such as the F-16 and the Akıncı UCAV, offering stand-off engagement capability that keeps launching platforms safely outside enemy air-defense zones. Its low-altitude flight profile, reduced radar signature and advanced guidance technologies allow it to approach targets undetected and deliver high-precision impact.

Technically, SOM features a 250+ km range, a high-explosive warhead, GPS/INS navigation, an infrared seeker and advanced mid-course mission-planning systems. Its variants include penetration warheads for hardened structures, configurations optimized for naval targets and enhanced electronic counter-countermeasure capability. The missile’s terrain-following flight, stealthy cruise characteristics and terminal-phase imaging seeker ensure accurate engagement against both stationary and moving targets. As a key asset in Turkey’s national defense inventory, SOM enhances deep-strike capacity, operational safety and mission versatility—making it a critical component of modern airpower doctrine.