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Friday, February 17, 2012

MBDA Aster surface to air missile to be tested against supersonic target

GQM-163A CoyoteThe Marine Nationale (French Navy) will test the naval version of the Aster 30 against a US made GQM 163A Coyote simulating a sea skimming supersonic anti-ship missile.

This follows the succesful interception of an Israeli made Black Sparrow missile (simulating a SCUD missile) by Aster SAM.

The GQM-163 Coyote is a supersonic seaskimming target built by Orbital Sciences and used by the United States Navy since 2006 for target practice.

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