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Martlet or the Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) is a lightweight air-to-surface, air-to-air, surface-to-air, and surface-to-surface missile developed by Thales Air Defence for the United Kingdom. It is named after a mythical bird from English heraldry that never roosts, the Martlet .
Martlet Lightweight Multirole Missile [ edit ] On an unspecified date in early 2019, HMS Sutherland tested a modified mounting for the 30mm cannon which incorporated a launcher for five 'Martlet' Lightweight Multirole Missiles , by firing four of them at a small speedboat target at the Aberporth range in Wales.
In December 2019, the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Eglin AFB, Florida, conducted a test using APKWS rocket against a drone representing a cruise missile. By adapting the rocket for cruise missile defense, it can serve the same role as the much more expensive AIM-120 missile, according to an Air Force release. "The test was unprecedented ...
The missiles "flew approximately 250 km," the officials said. "North Korea's missile launch is a clear provocative act that seriously threatens the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula, and ...
A man watches a television showing a news broadcast using file video of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul, Nov. 5, 2024, after the North test fired a salvo of short-range ...
The termination of missile test warnings appears to mark yet another attempt by Moscow to discourage the West from ramping up its support for Ukraine by pointing out at Russia's massive nuclear ...
The article states that the Martlet is the name of the missile formerly known as the Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM); this isn't correct. The missile is still called the LMM and has been in service with the British Army (the largest UK user of the missile) under that name since July 2019 and still bears that name now.
North Korea on Monday claimed to have again tested a missile that could become one of the world’s fastest and most accurate weapons – with the potential to ultimately be fitted with a nuclear ...