ANKARA -- Turkey used its Bora tactical ballistic missile during a military operation against Kurdish rebels. The missile struck a base operated by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militia located in northern Iraq.
The Bora is a domestically produced missile system. The Bora is based on China’s B-611 short-range ballistic missile. This is the first combat use of this missile.
Turkish forces are conducting Operation Claw in northern Iraq against the PKK. The PKK has led an armed insurgency in Turkey's southeast since 1984. The PKK is labelled a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and the European Union.
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