KORAL electronic warfare system

KORAL is a land-based transportable electronic warfare system developed to jam and deceive hostile radars[1] of enemy nations.

KORAL
TypeElectronic warfare system
Service history
Used bySee Operators
WarsSyrian civil war
Libyan civil war
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Production history
DesignerASELSAN
ManufacturerASELSAN

It is designed and manufactured by ASELSAN, a Turkish corporation that produces electronic systems for the Turkish Armed Forces. It was developed under the Land Based Stand-off Jammer System project which started in 2009.[2]

KORAL System supports the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) operations by building information dominance and providing fast response time in a challenging environment. KORAL is composed of an Electronic Support and an Electronic Attack System each mounted on an 8×8 tactical truck. The Operation Control Unit (OCU) is in compliance with NATO standards and also supports NBC (nuclear, biological, chemical) protection.[3]

Features
  • One operational unit includes four Koral Electronic Support Systems (ED) and one Electronic Attack System (ET), each mounted on an 8x8 truck.[2]
  • Can search, intercept, analyse, classify, and locate the direction of multiple conventional and complex types of radar signals.[2]
  • Ability to jam, deceive, and paralyse hostile radars.[2]
  • Operating range of 200 km.[4]

Operational history

Syria

Professor Fahrettin Altun, the director of communications for the Turkish presidency, confirmed that the Aselsan Koral electronic warfare system played an important role in Operation Spring Shield in 2020.[5][6]

Libya

On 4 July 2020, Libyan National Army affiliated fighter jets attacked Al-Watiya Air Base in western Libya. LNA forces airstrikes destroyed Government of National Accord (GNA) defenses including MIM-23 Hawk,[7] and claimed a KORAL Electronic Warfare System destroyed.[8][9] stationed in the base.[10][11][12] Turkish officials stated that the attack could have been perpetrated by UAE Air Force Dassault Mirage aircraft.[13] Russian military sources added that the attack was carried out by Dassault Mirage 2000 aircraft.[14][15]

Operators

References
  1. "Electronic Warfare Systems | Capabilities | ASELSAN". www.aselsan.com.tr. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  2. "Turkey receives first Koral land-based EW system | IHS Jane's 360". www.janes.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  3. "Impressive KORAL Land Based Radar Electronic Warfare System on aselsan booth at IDEF 2015 07051509". Army Recognition. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  4. "Barış Pınarı 'Koral' ile başladı: Sistemin menzili 200 km". 9 October 2019.
  5. "EW Systems Support Turkish Syria Offensive". Armada. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  6. "How Turkey Won the Electronic Warfare Battle Against Syria in Idlib". Defense World. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  7. "LNA jets destroy Libya's Watiya airbase occupied by Turkey-backed GNA: Sources". Millichronicle. 5 July 2020.
  8. "Turkish Forces Lick Wounds After Airstrikes Hit Their Base In Libya". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 8 July 2021.
  9. "LNA destroys Turkish air defense, electronic warfare systems western Libya". Egypt Today. 5 July 2020.
  10. "Jets bomb Libya's GNA-controlled Watiya airbase where Turkey may build base: Sources". 5 July 2020.
  11. "Airstrikes hit Libya base held by Turkey-backed forces". The Washington Post. 5 July 2020.
  12. "LNA destroys Turkish air defense, electronic warfare systems western Libya". Egypt Today. 5 July 2020.
  13. "Libya: Turkey vows 'retribution' for attack on its positions at al-Watiya airbase". Middle East Eye. 6 July 2020.
  14. "Turkey replaces destroyed air defenses at Libyan base with Ukrainian system: report". 10 July 2020. Archived from the original on 9 September 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  15. Турция разместила купленные у Украины С-125 на авиабазе Аль-Ватия - они могут не продержаться и неделю (in Russian).
  16. "ASELSAN radar karıştırıcı KORAL'ı TSK'ya teslim etti". Sabah. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  17. "Turkish Air Force gets new EW radar system". UPI. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  18. GDC (2021-06-23). "Turkish Aselsan Inks $50.7 Million Export Deal With Morocco For Koral-EW". Global Defense Corp. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
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