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Too much smoke going after. Looks like rocket fuel cooking off. So in this case it wasn't.Assuming it wasn't a decoy.
That was my impression too.Too much smoke going after. Looks like rocket fuel cooking off. So in this case it wasn't.
Well I do know that Japan is considering the Thales Hawkei as one of its two options for the replacement of their Komatsu 4×4 Light Armoured Vehicles (LAVs) which will be done in partnership with Mitsubishi and there is the Land 19 NASAMS variant already underway, so perhaps...Some kind of japanese NASAMS or copy of it.View attachment 729996View attachment 729995
Edit: View: https://x.com/Jeff21461/status/1794431197822562581
First (?) photo showing system on Australian Hawkei:
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