HİSAR O+ Deliveries & Inventory: When Was It Delivered, What Is Its Range? (2026)

HİSAR O+ is a ground-based medium-range air defense system that protects units and critical facilities against low- and medium-altitude air threats. It is an integrated structure of a fire-control center, missile launcher, medium-altitude radar and electro-optic system.

With infrared- and radio-frequency-seeker missiles it operates in all weather and can engage 9 targets at once — forming the middle layer of Türkiye’s layered air-defense architecture.

HİSAR O+ is operated by the Turkish Armed Forces, used by both Land and Air Force units, with deliveries rising under serial production.

After the first delivery at the end of 2021, the 27 August 2025 handover of 3 complete systems (21 operational vehicles) showed the system being widely deployed to key defensive zones.

As the extended-range version of HİSAR-O, HİSAR O+ entered the Turkish Armed Forces inventory at the end of 2021. In 2022 a radio-frequency seeker capability was added, strengthening all-condition engagement.

In a 15 August 2024 test the HİSAR O+ missile exceeded 40 km — well above its nominal 25 km — showing the system’s range and altitude envelope continually expanding.

HİSAR O+ works not alone but as part of a layered air-defense family:

• HİSAR A+ — short-range low-altitude defense (~15 km)
• HİSAR O+ — medium-range/altitude defense (25–40+ km)
• SİPER — long-range defense (derived from HİSAR-U, 100+ km)

Together with ASELSAN’s integrated command-control infrastructure, these three layers form the backbone of Türkiye’s Steel Dome air- and missile-defense architecture, countering threats at different ranges through a single network.

HİSAR O+ belongs to the same class as Europe’s NASAMS and US medium-range air-defense solutions. Its indigenously developed IIR and RF seekers make it flexible against varied threat profiles.

Its real advantage is being fully indigenous and bridging the gap between HİSAR A+ and SİPER seamlessly — giving Türkiye an end-to-end domestic air-defense solution and export potential.

HİSAR O+’s radar, command-control and fire-control systems come from ASELSAN and its missiles from ROKETSAN — a mature product of Türkiye’s long-running HİSAR program.

A naval version is used on MİLGEM Istif-class frigates via the MIDLAS vertical launch system, giving ships medium-range air defense — an example of common missile use across land and sea.

HİSAR O+ is a key system ending Türkiye’s dependence in medium-range air defense — a layer once reliant on imports, now met with an indigenous solution.

Within the Steel Dome architecture, HİSAR O+ works with A+ and SİPER to form a multi-layered, network-centric air-defense shield — strategic value for both national security and exports.

HİSAR O+ is a medium-range/altitude air defense missile system developed by ASELSAN and ROKETSAN. It protects against aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles and UAVs out to 25 km (40+ km in tests).

HİSAR O+ was delivered to the Turkish Armed Forces at the end of 2021 and entered service in January 2022. On 27 August 2025, 3 complete systems (21 vehicles) were handed over, beginning mass deployment.

Its intercept range is 25 km; in a 15 August 2024 test the missile exceeded 40 km. Its altitude capability is about 15 km.

The system can engage up to 9 air targets simultaneously, providing effective protection in dense air-threat environments.

ASELSAN developed the radar, command-control and fire-control systems, and ROKETSAN the missiles. The program began in 2007.

The HİSAR family comprises the short-range HİSAR A+, the medium-range HİSAR O+ and the long-range SİPER — the backbone of Türkiye’s ‘Steel Dome’ air defense architecture.