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Akeron MP system on display (Dubai Airshow, 2021) The MMP programme originated in 2009 [7] to develop a successor to MBDA's forty-year old MILAN. This was particularly in response to a French urgent operational requirement which had also led to the purchase of the US-made Javelin in 2010, rather than additional MILAN missiles; [8] 260 Javelins were ordered because of the missile's fire-and ...
The contract covered serial production of the M51 for 10 years, with the company to be responsible for sustained readiness support throughout the missile's life. [10] [11] The M51 performed its first flight test (unarmed) on 9 November 2006 from the French missile flight test centre in Biscarrosse . The target was reached twenty minutes later ...
The FC/ASW (Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon) or FMAN/FMC in French (Futur Missile Anti-Navire/Futur Missile de Croisière), also dubbed FOSW (Future Offensive Surface Weapon) and SPEAR 5, is a next generation missile programme launched by France and the United Kingdom in 2017 to succeed their jointly-developed Storm Shadow/SCALP as well as their respective Exocet and Harpoon anti-ship missiles.
The Russian A-135 anti-ballistic missile system is currently operational only around the city of Moscow, the national capital, and is being augmented to protect major cities in Russia. The A-135 anti-ballistic missile system is a Russian military complex deployed around Moscow to counter enemy missiles targeting the city or its surrounding ...
Crotale missile launchers of the French Air Force.. The Crotale (English: "Pit Viper" or "Rattlesnake") is a French, all-weather, short-range surface-to-air missile system developed to intercept airborne ranged weapons and aircraft, from cruise or anti-ship missiles to helicopters, UAVs or low-flying high-performance fighter aircraft.
The ASN4G is due for integration on the Rafale F5 fighter under development as well as its successor, the Next Generation Fighter (NGF) derived from the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme. [10] [11] The new missile is expected to have more than twice the range of the current ASMPA-R, thus significantly superior to 1,000 kilometres (600 mi).
Roland was designed to a joint French and German requirement for a low-level mobile missile system to protect mobile field formations and fixed, high-value targets such as airfields. Development began in 1963 as a study by Nord Aviation of France and Bölkow of Germany with the system then called SABA in France and P-250 in Germany. [ 1 ]
Its name is an abbreviation of Missile d'Interception, de Combat et d'Auto-défense (lit. ' Interception, Combat and Self-protection Missile ' ). [ 3 ] It is intended for use both by air platforms as individual missiles as well as ground units and ships, which can be equipped with the rapid fire MICA Vertical Launch System .