It will therefore impact the designated target even if it has moved away from its initial GPS coordinates. When the new missile approaches its target coordinates and a Laser-designator sequence is detected, aerodynamic control will ignore GPS input and switch over to input provided by the Laser head. The system’s Control Unit switches over to Laser input during the crucial terminal phase. GPS guidance is still used for the initial and mid-flight phases. The TRLG-230 missile adds differentiated terminal guidance to the existing GPS guidance system. The new system, designated TRLG-230, is basically a TRG-230 equipped with a Laser head (tip). In a surprising development, ROKETSAN recently announced the first successful trial of a Laser guided 230mm missile. The TRG missiles use GPS guidance (optionally GLONASS) which makes them highly effective against fixed targets, but ineffective against mobile ones. Turkey enjoys considerable advantages in funding the development and procurement of domestic weapon systems. These advanced high accuracy weapons complement Turkey’s basic unguided rocket arsenal (TR-107, TR-122 and outdated TR-300).

( Note: for simplicity we will use the terms rocket and missile interchangeably) Turkey has long possessed GPS guided missiles made by ROKETSAN, including the TRG-122, TRG-230, TRG-300 families, as well as the BORA (KHAN) Short Range Ballistic Missile (SRBM).

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