Turkey Said to Test-Fire Secretly Built Ballistic Missile

Turkey test-fired a locally made, short-range ballistic missile over the Black Sea on Tuesday, according to two people familiar with the matter.

A mobile platform was used to fire the missile from an airport near the port city of Rize at around 7 a.m. local time, said the people, who asked to remain anonymous because they aren’t authorized to comment. The projectile flew 561 kilometers (350 miles) before falling off the coast of the port of Sinop, the furthest any such weapon developed in the country has traveled, they said.