Turkish company Baykar published video of new weapons testing for its Akıncı reconnaissance-strike UAV.
Although during tests İHA-122 air-to-ground missile (English name UAV-122) was launched, main surprise was 300 ER located on another pylon.
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The fact is İHA-122 from Roketsan was already launched from Bayraktar TB3 in 2025. Besides that, İHA-122, created based on guided 122mm TRG-122 precision rocket, has launch range up to 55 km. But 300 ER, also developed by Roketsan, has significantly more interesting characteristics and capabilities.
Precision 300 ER air-to-ground missile, first demonstrated at IDEF 2025, provides target engagement at range approximately 500 km. Its launch mass is approximately 900 kg, of which warhead is approximately 150 kg.
For terminal stage target guidance, television seeker (TV seeker) is used, while on cruise stage — inertial and satellite navigation.
This missile is considered as means of engaging important targets such as command posts, communications nodes, air defense assets and logistics nodes. Besides Akıncı, integration onto F-16 is also planned.
Currently 300 ER is evidently undergoing testing without launches but with checking impact on carrier flight itself, weapons control system verification and so on. At same time, to accelerate them, testing program is combined with other weapons types. Therefore one should expect first 300 ER launch to occur already within coming months, if not within coming weeks.
Recall Turkey very actively develops its missile programs. For example, in July Tayfun Block 3 ballistic anti-ship missile was tested, enabling Ankara to close off Black and Caspian Seas as well as third of Mediterranean.
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