SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES
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The ASTER
modular family of vertically launched missiles have been designed to meet the
high demanding requirements of the emerging air threats such as aircraft, UAVs,
helicopters and specially missiles. The ASTER missiles can be installed on
ground- and sea-based platforms. They feature hit-to-kill capability, a very
valuable skill against ballistic missiles.
The ASTER missiles are provided with two different boosters according to the ASTER 15 or the ASTER 30 model. The 'Pif-Paf' control system enables the ASTER missile to counter high maneuverable missiles achieving a direct impact (hit-to-kill). The 'Pif-Paf' combines conventional aerodynamic control with control by gas jets acting through the centre of gravity of the missile.
The ASTER 15 and ASTER 30 are integrated on the SAAM (ASTER 15), PAAMS (ASTER 15 and ASTER 30) and SAMP/T (ASTER 30) air defense systems.
The ASTER is a two-stage missile. The solid propellant booster is seized according to the mission profile (ASTER 30 bigger and ASTER 15 smaller). Until mid-course the guidance of an ASTER missile is based on the Inertial Navigation System (INS) updated through an uplink, in the terminal phase the guidance is provided by an active Radiofrequency seeker. The final stage of the ASTER missile is a "dart" equipped with the seeker, a sustainer motor, a proximity fuze and a blast fragmentation warhead.
The ASTER missile is intended for area defense against aircraft, UAVs, helicopters, and stealth, supersonic and highly maneuverable missiles.
The ASTER missiles are provided with two different boosters according to the ASTER 15 or the ASTER 30 model. The 'Pif-Paf' control system enables the ASTER missile to counter high maneuverable missiles achieving a direct impact (hit-to-kill). The 'Pif-Paf' combines conventional aerodynamic control with control by gas jets acting through the centre of gravity of the missile.
The ASTER 15 and ASTER 30 are integrated on the SAAM (ASTER 15), PAAMS (ASTER 15 and ASTER 30) and SAMP/T (ASTER 30) air defense systems.
The ASTER is a two-stage missile. The solid propellant booster is seized according to the mission profile (ASTER 30 bigger and ASTER 15 smaller). Until mid-course the guidance of an ASTER missile is based on the Inertial Navigation System (INS) updated through an uplink, in the terminal phase the guidance is provided by an active Radiofrequency seeker. The final stage of the ASTER missile is a "dart" equipped with the seeker, a sustainer motor, a proximity fuze and a blast fragmentation warhead.
The ASTER missile is intended for area defense against aircraft, UAVs, helicopters, and stealth, supersonic and highly maneuverable missiles.
MICA
The Vertical
Launch Mica is a modular short range air defense system which fires the two
Mica missiles types (IR and RF). It is intended against simultaneously multiple
attacks of aircraft and missiles adding the advantage of employing and fire and
forget missile. The Vertical Launch Mica can face the most severe IRCM-ECM
scenarios (Infrared Countermeasures and Electronic Countermeasures). The
Vertical Launch Mica has been developed to meet the requirements of land and
naval military forces.
The Vertical Launch Mica land-based consists of a Tactical Operations Centre (TOC), a 3D radar and 3 to 6 Mica launchers. All the items are mounted on separate vehicles. Each Mica Launcher accommodates 4 Mica IR/RF missiles. The TOC is interconnected to the 3D radar via optical fiber and to the Mica Launchers via UHF communications. The mobile land-based VLM provides air defense against aircraft, UAV, helicopters and standoff weapons for maneuver military forces.
The Vertical Launch Mica land-based consists of a Tactical Operations Centre (TOC), a 3D radar and 3 to 6 Mica launchers. All the items are mounted on separate vehicles. Each Mica Launcher accommodates 4 Mica IR/RF missiles. The TOC is interconnected to the 3D radar via optical fiber and to the Mica Launchers via UHF communications. The mobile land-based VLM provides air defense against aircraft, UAV, helicopters and standoff weapons for maneuver military forces.
Crotale
Crotale is a high-velocity surface-to-air missile (SAM)
designed to engage airborne targets flying at Mach 2.3 of speed and up to 5,000
meters of altitude. Crotale air defense system has been designed for
integration onto ground vehicles as well as surface ships providing point
defense. It relies on a digital radio command-to-line-of-sight guidance system.
Its propulsion system is based on a single state solid propellant rocket motor.
The Crotale missile system developed by French Matra and Thomson-CSF, now MBDA, has been exported to several nations including Saudi Arabia and South Africa. Existing Crotale batteries can be upgraded with high-performance VT-1 missile produced by Thales.
The Crotale missile system developed by French Matra and Thomson-CSF, now MBDA, has been exported to several nations including Saudi Arabia and South Africa. Existing Crotale batteries can be upgraded with high-performance VT-1 missile produced by Thales.
MISTRAL
The Mistral
is a fire and forget, short range surface-to-air missile designed to engage air
threats. The Mistral has been designed to be launched from a wide range of
systems such as MCP, ALBI, MANPADS, SIMBAD, ATLAS, SIGMA, SADRAL, TETRAL and
ATAM. The Mistral missile is able to engage a supersonic target flying at 3,000
meters of altitude.
Mistral is being used for point defense, ship self-defense, defense of mobile units and air-to-air engagements (ATAM). It is provided with an imaging Infrared seeker and a blast fragmentation warhead detonated by a proximity laser fuze.
The Mistral 1 is the baseline missile and the Mistral 2 is the improved, most recent, currently in production model. MBDA has produced more than 15,000 Mistral missiles for 25 countries.
Mistral is being used for point defense, ship self-defense, defense of mobile units and air-to-air engagements (ATAM). It is provided with an imaging Infrared seeker and a blast fragmentation warhead detonated by a proximity laser fuze.
The Mistral 1 is the baseline missile and the Mistral 2 is the improved, most recent, currently in production model. MBDA has produced more than 15,000 Mistral missiles for 25 countries.