Roketsan’s RD-X in the Inventory

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The Defence Ministry showed that Roketsan’s MAM-L Ammunition with “High Explosive Particle Effect” (YİPE) warhead is used at Baykar’s Akıncı Attack UAV. The Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB) has recently stated that Roketsan has delivered TRG-300 Surface-to-Surface guided missiles to the Turkish Armed Forces. Both MAM-L YİPE and TRG-300 Block 3 have similar high explosive particle effects.

The high explosive is made of RD-X. It is known that ROKETSAN and MKE Inc invested in producing RD-X. With the recent announcement, it is understood that ROKETSAN has started to produce RD-X, and it is in use at new warheads.

Roketsan’s RD-X in the Inventory

RDX is often used in mixtures with other explosives and plasticizers or phlegmatizer (desensitizers); it is the explosive agent in C-4 plastic explosives. It is stable in storage and is considered one of the most energetic of the military high explosives, with a relative effectiveness factor of 1.60.

Roketsan’s RD-X in the Inventory