defence science and technology laboratory (uk)
defensive aids system
dircm
dstl
laser
laser-based airborne self-protection system
lasers
leonardo s.p.a.
leonardo uk
manpads
ministry of defence
royal air force
team pellonia
thales group
thales uk
united kingdom
Ive seen the Blowpipe in its original configuration the one mounted on land rovers (as well as the submarine one), but this..? its a bit unusual!
Could be just a concept/proposal, or even a prototype?
The image was taken out of the MACH 1 magazine, where an article detailed the operation of...
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
hypervelocity missiles
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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