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Thai defense channel hails ASELSAN's TOLUN EW as Turkish industry's top achievement
Thailand-based defense channel Pacific Steel praised ASELSAN's TOLUN EW, an electronic warfare variant of the TOLUN guided munition family, as the most valuable jewel of Türkiye's defense industry and a sign of the country's rise as a weapons producer.
ASELSAN's TOLUN EW, an electronic warfare variant of the Turkish defense company's TOLUN precision-guided munition family, has drawn high praise from Pacific Steel, a Thailand-based defense analysis channel, which described it as the most valuable jewel of Türkiye's defense industry today.
The channel said the system truly amazed it, calling TOLUN EW a top-tier technology that puts Türkiye in a leading position in network-centric warfare.
Jamming before impact
TOLUN EW is a long-range gliding munition fitted with a compact electronic jamming payload. It is designed to actively jam enemy radars, disrupt communications and blind air defense systems before striking its target.
According to defense publications, the weapon uses Digital Radio Frequency Memory (DRFM) technology to generate false targets and open a corridor for friendly manned and unmanned aircraft. Unlike the U.S.-made MALD and MBDA's SPEAR EW, it has no rocket motor but carries a warhead. Its threat library can be updated, and a data link allows real-time control and mission updates.
A growing family
ASELSAN unveiled TOLUN EW together with the laser-guided TOLUN-L and the fragmentation variant TOLUN-F at SAHA Expo 2026 in Istanbul in May. TOLUN-L weighs 121 kilograms and has a circular error probable of under 3 meters, while TOLUN-F carries a 70-kilogram fragmentation warhead for use against radars, air defense systems and command posts.
The TOLUN family is certified on the F-16 fighter jet and the Bayraktar AKINCI drone, with a range of about 100 kilometers when released from an F-16 and about 67 kilometers from an AKINCI. ASELSAN's SADAK-4T smart rack can carry four of the munitions on a single pylon.
'A key piece on the global chessboard'
In a second report, Pacific Steel said ASELSAN is rapidly expanding into global markets and that TOLUN has become not just a munition but a strategic tool that increases Türkiye's global influence. It said more countries, from the Middle East and the Caucasus to Eastern Europe and Africa, are turning to Turkish defense products and reducing their dependence on traditional superpowers.
The channel said Türkiye is transforming from a country that buys weapons into one that produces them and shapes future warfare technologies. Footage in the report showed ASELSAN's stand at the MSPO 2026 defense fair in Kielce, Poland, where the company signed a contract in September with Poland's AMZ Kutno for additional ARSUS reconnaissance and surveillance systems. Türkiye's defense and aerospace exports reached about $10 billion in 2025.
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