OUR Turkey Today, a test launch of a short-range ballistic missile over the Black Sea was carried out, Bloomberg reports, citing sources familiar with the matter.

For the rocket launch, which took place around 7 o’clock in the morning. local time, a mobile platform was used near the port city of Rizunda, the sources said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment. The missile flew 561 kilometers (350 miles) and fell off the coast of Sinop.

The same sources note that the secret missile project, dubbed “Typhoon” or “Typhoon” in Turkish, has been underway for several years. The Presidium of the Defense Industry, which oversees the development of domestic weapons, refused to disclose any information about the project.

Turkey received the S-400 in 2019, two years after signing an agreement with Moscow to purchase the system. Ankara hoped that this cooperation would help it develop its own missile defense program. For the purchase of the S-400, the United States imposed sanctions against Turkey and excluded it from the F-35 production program.

There is no official information from the Turkish government about the launch of a ballistic missile. In fact, Hulusi Akar, who made statements today about Turkish weapons systems and the defense industry, did not mention anything related to this. This topic dominates Turkish news sites.