Hello,
In the 1970s and 1980s, the idea of a battlefield supports aircraft or SABA became ever more popular. These aircraft were mainly designed shoot down low-flying enemy aircraft and helicopters, however, reconnaissance and ground-attack were possible. Among traditional weapons such as guns...
seems to have been a number of german short range SAM programmes in the late 1990's
Perhaps for our german memebrs - BGT version of HFK/KV a two stage missile, with boster and coast to target second stage at mach-3 to a range of 12km. Photo below (JSWS-issue 30)
others were
DASA HKK/L2 missile...
air defence
anti-tank missile
battlefield air defence
cold war
cold war ii
early 21st century
federal republic of germany
forward area air defense
french fifth republic
hypervelocitymissiles
late 20th century
manpads
north atlantic treaty organisation
post-cold war
spaam
surface-to-air missile
war on terror
west germany
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