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Friday, November 26, 2010

SAAF maintaining IRIS-T arsenal

AIM-2000 IRIS-T (Infra Red Imaging System Tail/Thrust Vector-Controlled)The South African Air Force has started maintaining its small arsenal of Diehl BGT Defence IRIS-T short-range air-to-air missile (SRAAM) acquired for the SAAB Gripen advanced light fighter aircraft after May 2008.

It last week awarded Diehl BGT Defence a R42 600 order for the “purging of missiles” and the rental of gas filling equipment, taking known expenditure on the interim fifth generation SRAAM to R102 445 683.45.

The infra-red guided IRIS-T was acquired as an interim weapon for Gripen of which the SAAF now have nine two-seat examples and six single-seaters.

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