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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

VT1 Missile Fired Vertically for 1st Time

Thales and DCNS completed a first vertical live fire of a VT1-VL naval Crotale missile from a Sylver A35 launcher, the French defense systems company said Oct. 27.

The firing took place Oct. 16 at the Biscarosse firing range of the Délégation Générale pour l'Armement procurement office, Thales project manager Martine Roseau said at the Euronaval trade show.

The Crotale VT1 hypervelocity missile is the same missile used in the surface-to-air application but has a range of 12 kilometers instead of 15. The difference in range arises from the vertical launch in the naval system, rather than a ramp launch.

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