As part of the modernization drive undertaken by the Turkish Military in the
1980s and 90's several new rocket systems were developed for the needs
of the Turkish army. Prototypes of the system were revealed in 1995 with
the first vehicles undertaking trials and evaluation in 1996. Production
commenced in 1997.
After signing a contract for the licensed production of the Chinese WS-1A
and WS-1B rockets under the name of Kasırga in 1997, a similar contract
was signed with CPMIEC (Chinese Precision Machinery Import and Export
Corporation) for the Chinese B-611 SRBM system in 1998
