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As of 2012, France had spent €4.1bn at 2010 prices on 10 SAMP/T launchers, 375 Aster 30 missiles and 200 Aster 15 missiles. [9] Another 80 Aster 30 and 40 Aster 15 were purchased for France's Horizon-class frigates under a separate programme. [9]
NASAMS 3 (AMRAAM missile) (Norwegian-American) land-based SHORAD system; PAAMS / Sea Viper (MBDA Aster missile) (Franco-British-Italian) shipboard SHORAD/MRAD system; SAMP/T (MBDA Aster missile) (Franco-Italian) land-based SHORAD/MRAD system; RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (American-German) shipboard SHORAD system; TLVS (PAC-3 MSE, IRIS-T SL ...
Global Rocket 1 fractional orbital bombardment system missile (Russia; Cold War) (NATO reporting name SS-X-10 Scrag) Gorodomlya G-1 - Developed by a German team at Gorodomlya island (57°12'0.06"N, 33° 4'0.02"E) in 1948, based on the V-2 with detachable warhead and integral propellant tanks.
MBDA is a European multinational corporation specialized in the design, development and manufacturing of missiles and related systems. [4] [5] Headquartered in Le Plessis-Robinson, France, the company was founded in December 2001 via the merger of three of the most prominent European missile systems companies: the French Aérospatiale Matra Missiles, the Anglo-French Matra BAe Dynamics and the ...
In August 1999 FSAF was extended to include PAAMS, the Principal Anti Air Missile System. PAAMS uses both Aster 15 and Aster 30 missiles for self-defence, local area defence and long range area defence. PAAMS is managed by EUROPAAMS, a joint venture between Eurosam (66%) and MBDA subsidiary UKAMS (33%). MBDA also owns 66% of Eurosam, in effect ...
Armament: SYLVER missile launcher, 48 × MBDA Aster missiles (Aster 15 and Aster 30), 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS close-in weapons systems (fitted for but not with), 1 × 4.5-inch (113 mm) Mk 8 mod 1 gun, 2 × Oerlikon 30 mm KCB guns on DS-30B mounts, NATO Seagnat countermeasures launchers, SSTDS underwater decoy
The last two ASW variants have been fitted with a 16-cell MBDA A50 VLS for MBDA Aster 30 to be used if deemed necessary. The two AAW variants fitted with 32-cell A50 VLS. 16-cell MBDA SYLVER A70 VLS for MBDA MdCN cruise missile with a range up to 1,400 km (870 mi) or Aster 30 anti-air missile (not fitted to AAW variants) [70]
Corvettes too small to have the big and costly Aster missile system are the most likely customers for the VL MICA-M, which offers similar capability as the Aster 15 but without its booster and PIF-PAF vectorial control. [10] While the VL MICA has an advertised range of 20 km, aerodynamic performance is significantly degraded at those ranges.