Turkey on Sunday (November 30, 2025) achieved a milestone that reflects the development of its indigenous defense industry. In fact, Turkey’s first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) named Bayraktar Kizilelma tested the firing of the indigenously developed BVR air-to-air missile on Sunday (November 30, 2025). During testing, Kizilelma made a precise attack on one of its air target aircraft and destroyed it.

After this successful trial, Turkiye said that this is the first time that an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has achieved such a feat. Baykar, the Turkish defense company that developed this UAV, issued an official statement on Sunday (November 30, 2025) after the success of this trial. “Kijilelma fired the indigenously developed Gokdogan air-to-air BVR missile, which successfully hit its target carrying a high-speed jet,” the company said in a statement.

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According to the TRT World report, the Turkish company said, “The UAV detected its aerial target during the trial using Aselsan’s Murad (Murad AESA) radar and after tracking it, successfully engaged the target by firing a BVR missile installed under its wing. This was the first time in Turkish aviation history that an aircraft of the country had fired a locally developed air-to-air missile using the national radar.” “Successfully destroyed an aerial target from

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According to its manufacturer, this is a historic first, as most drones developed globally are designed primarily for striking ground targets — not engaging airborne threats. pic.twitter.com/yj21WuLv62

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The statement also said, “This successful test has established Kizilelma as the first and only unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the world, which has the capability of air-to-air combat. At the same time, during this test, five F-16 fighter aircraft from Merzifon Air Base took off with Kizilelma for this joint operation with manned and unmanned aerial vehicles.”

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