J - 600T Yıldırım The J - 600T Yıldırım ( eng : 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 facilities as well as providing fire support to friendly artillery by expanding the area of effect . History . Turkey ' s cooperation with China and Pakistan for the joint development of ballistic missiles began in the late 1970s and early 1980s . The story of Project J , as well as Project " Kasırga " which preceded it , goes back to the first half of the 1990s , when negotiations for the technology transfer and production under license in Turkey of the American M - 270 MLRS artillery rocket system failed . Turkey decided to seek for other alternatives , mainly focusing on full sovereignty over critical technologies in order to establish a self - sufficient national infrastructure for the design and development of guided missiles . After signing a contract for the licensed production of the Chinese WS - 1A and WS - 1B rockets under the name of " Kasırga " in 1997 , a similar contract was signed with CPMIEC ( Chinese Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation ) for the Chinese B - 611 SRBM system in 1998 , covering the licensed production of a battery of B - 611 with more than 200 missiles , at a reported cost of USD 300 , 000 , 000 . The J - 600T design is based on the B - 611 SRBM developed by CASIC ( China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation ) as a low cost tactical missile system , with a range of up to 250 km in improved versions such as the B - 611M , and as a replacement for the M - 11 ( CSS - 7 and DF - 11 ) missiles in Chinese inventory . CPMIEC officials have confirmed at the IDEF 2007 military fair in Ankara that B - 611M , the improved version of B - 611 , was not a part of the Sino - Turkish cooperation program . Turkey ' s Roketsan has been assigned with the task of improving the range , performance and design of the J - 600T , and is conducting studies on alternatives such as a sealed pod launcher box design , improved propellant , improved GCU and different types of warhead configurations . Roketsan is reportedly working on an improved version of J - 600T , details of which are highly speculative for the moment . Given that the system was first revealed to the public more than 7 years of its introduction to service , it can be expected that information about the improved version , if there is any , is going to remain secret for some time . Characteristics . The " Yıldırım " system is composed of two units : The J - 600T SRBM and the F - 600T launcher vehicle , which is based on the MAN 26 . 372 6x6 truck , manufactured in Turkey . The same vehicle is also used for the Turkish - built T - 122 Sakarya and T - 300 Kasırga MBRL ( Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher , or MLRS ) systems , providing advantage in logistics . Each F - 600T carries one J - 600T on an open rail - type launcher and can be prepared for launch in less than 25 minutes , with the vehicle ready to move again in less than 5 minutes . The missile is loaded on to the F - 600T vehicle by a crane from a reloading vehicle , again a MAN 26 . 372 6x6 truck . The missile ' s flight is controlled by an INS ( Inertial Navigation System ) which feeds trajectory correction command inputs to the four moving wings at the nozzle section . The trajectory data is loaded onto the missile ' s Guidance & Control Unit ( GCU ) ( FCS ) on board the F - 600T vehicle before the launch . The FCS in F - 600T is also supported by BAIKS ( " Batarya Atış İdare Kompüter Sistemi " , eng : Battery Fire Control Computer System ) and TOMES ( " Topçu Meteoroloji Sistemi " , eng : Artillery Meteorology System ) . It is reported that the missile can also be upgraded with a GPS / INS GCU . Each J - 600T Yıldırım battery consists of : Operation . The J - 600T has been operational with the Turkish Army since 2001 , but it was first revealed to the public six years later , during the Victory Day ( " Zafer Bayramı " ) parade in Ankara , on August 30 , 2007 . The TRT ( Turkish Radio and Television Corporation ) commentator announced the system as the " Yıldırım missile system . " During this parade and the following two parades in the same year , both the launchers and the reloading vehicles were displayed to the public . The " Yıldırım " system was also reported to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms by Turkey in March 2007 . Specifications . The J - 600T Yıldırım , developed and manufactured by Roketsan , has two versions that are currently in the inventory of the Turkish Armed Forces : Manufacturer : Roketsan ( Turkey ) Launcher vehicle : F - 600T ( Based on MAN 26 . 372 6x6 ) Warhead type : TNT + RDX Fuze : Proximity Guidance : INS Range : 150 km ( J - 600T Yıldırım I ) ; 300 km ( J - 600T Yıldırım II ) Diameter : 600 mm Length : 6 . 10 m Weight , total : 2 , 100 kg Weight , warhead : 480 kg Propellant type : HTPB ( Composite ) CEP : < 150 m ( for J - 600T Yıldırım I )