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Aster (missile family)

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There are two versions of the Aster missile family, the short-medium range version, the Aster 15, and the long range version, the Aster 30. The missile bodies are identical. Their difference in range and intercept speed is because Aster 30 uses a much larger booster. Total weights of the Aster 15 and
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The Aster 30 Block 1 is used on the Eurosam SAMP/T system operated by the French Air and Space Force and the Italian Army. In 2015, France launched the development of the Block 1NT variant, a programm Italy would join in 2016. The same year, the United Kingdom showed interest in acquiring the Block
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In November 2003, Eurosam was awarded the 3 billion euro Phase 3 production contract. Full production and exports to France, Italy, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom started. The resulting Aster surface-to-air missile meets inter-service and international requirements, addressing the needs of the
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During development trials between 1993 and 1994 all flight sequences, altitudes and ranges, were validated. This was also the period during which the launch sequence of Aster 30 was validated. In May 1996, trials of the Aster 15 active electromagnetic final guidance system against live targets
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was signed between France and Italy for the development of a family of future surface-to air-missiles. Eurosam was formed shortly afterwards. By July 1995 development had taken shape in the form of the Aster missile, and test firing of the first Aster 30 took place. The missile successfully
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The Aster 15 is 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in) long, rising to just under 5 m (16 ft 5 in) for the Aster 30. Aster 15 has a diameter of 180 mm (7.1 in). Given the larger dimensions of the Aster 30, a naval based system requires the longer tubes of the
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According to a news report of May 2023, "The Franco-Italian anti-aircraft missile system has arrived in Ukraine, and it will be serviced by 20 local experts." Italy announced that it was sending a second SAMP/T system to Ukraine. The date of arrival was not announced.
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intercepted a target at an altitude of 15,000 m (49,000 ft) and at speeds of 1,000 km/h (620 mph). A Phase 2 contract was awarded in 1997 at US$ 1 billion for pre-production and development of the French-Italian land and naval systems.
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long range radar, developed under the Aster 30 Block 1 upgrade program, in order to extend the system's capability against higher speed and higher altitude targets. The Aster 30 Block 1 can intercept missiles with a 600 km (370 mi) range
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missile developed jointly by India and Russia. This allowed the actual systems to have the characteristic of being specialised either in short-to-medium range "point defence" for e.g. ships, or in medium-to-long range "zone defence" of
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land, air and naval forces of France, Italy and the United Kingdom. The decision to base the missile around a common terminal intercept "dart" to which different sized boosters can be attached, has made it modular and extensible.
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traveling at Mach 2.5 (3000 km/h) with an altitude of less than 5 metres. It was the first time a European missile defence system destroyed a supersonic sea-skimming missile. The trial was described as a complex operational
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would participate in the joint-production of the missile system. It was stated that the SAMP/T air defense system project, which was stopped at the end of 2019 due to Turkey's launch of
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and at an altitude of 100 m (330 ft) was intercepted by an Aster 15. The first ever operational firing of the Aster missile took place during October 2002 on board
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to enter service in the first decade of the 21st century, that would give them comparable range but superior interception capability to the American Standard or British
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The Aster is primarily operated by France, Italy, as well as the United Kingdom as an export customer, and is an integrated component of the
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In January 2023, the Italian and French Minister of Defense signed with MBDA a $ 2 billion contract for the purchase of 700 Aster missiles.
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began. All six attempts were successful. During 1997 Aster was extensively tested, this time being pitted against targets such as the
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In May 2001, Aster again completed the "manufacturer's validation firing test". It was deployed for the first time on the French
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In numerous engagements Aster scored direct impacts on its targets. During an engagement in November 1997 in a strong
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The Aster missiles were developed to intercept and destroy the full spectrum of air threats from high-performance
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During the 1980s, the predominant missiles in Franco-Italian service were short-range systems such as the French
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in Syria, came to the agenda at the NATO Summit, and that Turkey, France and Italy would revive the project.
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system, fulfilling the ground-based theatre air defence/protection requirement. It comes in the form of the
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Thought was given in particular to the new missile's ability to intercept next-generation supersonic
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currently operating the Block 0. In 2022, the United Kingdom announced a series of upgrades to its
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In 2021, during the Exercise At-Sea Demo: Formidable Shield 2021, the Horizon-class frigate
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ballistic missile target, the first time an Aster missile had attempted such an engagement.
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provided a test bed for live firing trials of the Aster 15 from Sylver A43 launchers with
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and SAAM-it systems, and the trials of Aster 30 from Sylver A50 launchers with EMPAR and
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having been the project's lead contractor before its missile activities were merged into
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Aster 30 are 310 kg (680 lb) and 450 kg (990 lb) respectively.
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Sweetman, Bill; Cook, Nick (April 1999). "Getting to grips with missile defence".
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during a naval exercise. Then again in 2010, a frigate of the same class, RSS
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mentioned its possible sale during his visit to Armenia in February 2024.
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as Sea Viper. As the principal weapon of the PAAMS, the Aster equips the
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fired an Aster 15 and shot down an aerial drone off the coast of
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The "radar module" of the SAMP/T Ground-based air defence system
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missiles. The Aster 30 Block 1 and Block 1 NT were designed to
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The Aster 30 has been incorporated by Eurosam into a mobile
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SAMP/T Aster 30 Mamba Surface-to-air defence missile system
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In December 2011, an Aster 30 missile downed an Israeli
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15 kg focused fragmented warhead with 2 m lethal radius
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in French and Italian service as well as the British
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From 2002 to 2005, the Italian experimental frigate
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Index

MBDA Aster

Surface-to-air
anti-ballistic missile
Operators
Eurosam
Inertial guidance
Active RF seeker

vertical launch
surface-to-air missiles
AĂ©rospatiale
MBDA
Greek
Eurosam
Thales
combat aircraft
UAVs
helicopters
cruise
anti-radiation
sea-skimming
supersonic
anti-ship
counter ballistic missiles
PAAMS
Royal Navy
Horizon-class frigates
Type 45 destroyers
FREMM multipurpose frigates

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