J-600T Yıldırım vs RS-24 Yars: Specs Compared

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ABallistic missiles

J-600T Yıldırım

Theater ballistic missile Short-range ballistic missile

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Credit

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RS-24 Yars — licensed reference photograph

BBallistic missiles

RS-24 Yars

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

Credit

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First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

J-600T YıldırımLength

6.1 m

Length source ↗

RS-24 YarsLength

22.5 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

J-600T Yıldırımlarger figure on 0 of 3

None

RS-24 Yarslarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+269%
Diameter+233%
Mass+2262%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

16 of 21 rows sourced on both sides

6.1m

22.5m

Length+269%

All recorded figures & sources

6.1 m

Length

Single source

6.10 m^[source]

22.5 m

Length

Single source

22,500 mm^[source]

600mm

Diameter+233%

All recorded figures & sources

0.6 m

Diameter

Single source

600 mm^[source]

2 m

Diameter

Single source

2,000 mm^[source]

2.1t

49.6t

Mass+2262%

All recorded figures & sources

2,100 kg

Mass

Single source

2100 kg^[source]

49,600 kg

Mass

Single source

49,600 kg^[source]

Supersonic

30,636km/h

Speed

All recorded figures & sources

Supersonic^[source]

30,600 km/h

Maximum; Mach 25 (

Single source

30,577.536 km/h

Maximum; Maximum speed · source measurement 2

Single source

30,636 km/h

Maximum; Maximum speed · source measurement 3

Single source

Mach 25 (30,600 km/h; 19,000 mph; 8,510 m/s)^[source]

900kmOperational; Yildirim III

11,000–12,000kmOperational; Operational range

RangeScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

900 km

Operational; Yildirim III

Single source

150 km

Operational; Yıldırım I

Single source

300 km

Operational; Yıldırım II

Single source

Yıldırım I: 150 km Yıldırım II: 300 km Yildirim III:900 km^[source]

11,000–12,000 km

Operational; Operational range

Single source

11,000 km (6,800 mi) - 12,000 km (7,500 mi)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

J-600T Yıldırım and RS-24 Yars configuration
Specification	J-600T Yıldırım	RS-24 Yars
Type	Theater ballistic missile Short-range ballistic missile^[source]	Intercontinental Ballistic Missile^[source]
Place of origin	Turkey^[source]	Russia^[source]
In service	2001 – present^[source]	2010–present^[source]
Used by	Turkish Army^[source]	Russian Strategic Missile Troops^[source]
Designer	Roketsan^[source]	Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology^[source]
Manufacturer	Roketsan^[source]	Votkinsk Machine Building Plant^[source]
Produced	1998^[source]	2009^[source]
Warhead	480 kg TNT + RDX conventional warhead^[source]	3 x 200 kiloton MIRV warheads^[source]
Detonation mechanism	Proximity / Impact^[source]	—
Engine	Single-stage solid propellant^[source]	Three-stage Solid-fuel rocket^[source]
Propellant	HTPB -based composite solid propellant^[source]	—
Guidance system	Inertial and Optical guidance systems^[source]	Inertial with Glonass^[source]
Launch platform	F-600T (based on MAN 26.372 6x6)^[source]	Silo , road-mobile TEL MZKT-79221^[source]
J-600T Yıldırım I	SRBM (150 km range)^[source]	—
J-600T Yıldırım II	SRBM (300 km range)^[source]	—
J-600T Yıldırım III	SRBM (900 km range)^[source]	—

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J-600T Yıldırım

RS-24 Yars

Type

Theater ballistic missile Short-range ballistic missile^[source]

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile^[source]

Place of origin

Turkey^[source]

Russia^[source]

In service

2001 – present^[source]

2010–present^[source]

Used by

Turkish Army^[source]

Russian Strategic Missile Troops^[source]

Designer

Roketsan^[source]

Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology^[source]

Manufacturer

Roketsan^[source]

Votkinsk Machine Building Plant^[source]

Produced

1998^[source]

2009^[source]

Warhead

480 kg TNT + RDX conventional warhead^[source]

3 x 200 kiloton MIRV warheads^[source]

Detonation mechanism

Proximity / Impact^[source]

—

Engine

Single-stage solid propellant^[source]

Three-stage Solid-fuel rocket^[source]

Propellant

HTPB -based composite solid propellant^[source]

—

Guidance system

Inertial and Optical guidance systems^[source]

Inertial with Glonass^[source]

Launch platform

F-600T (based on MAN 26.372 6x6)^[source]

Silo , road-mobile TEL MZKT-79221^[source]

J-600T Yıldırım I

SRBM (150 km range)^[source]

—

J-600T Yıldırım II

SRBM (300 km range)^[source]

—

J-600T Yıldırım III

SRBM (900 km range)^[source]

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