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Friday, October 26, 2012

Successful first end to end firing of MBDA naval cruise missile (MdCN) in its submarine configuration

Missile de Croisière Naval |The French DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement) has successfully carried out the first end to end firing of the MdCN (Missile de Croisière Naval or naval cruise missile) in its submarine version.

This fourth development firing of the missile manufactured by MBDA took place from a platform representing a submerged submarine at the DGA’s Levant missile test center located in the Var region of southern France on 24th October 2012.

All test objectives were successfully achieved, notably the validation of the GPS guidance mode in the terminal phase.

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