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Friday, October 24, 2008

Argentina tests successfully air-defense Aspide missiles

The Argentine Navy successfully launched two ground-air mid range Aspide missiles, according to an official release on Wednesday from the Ministry of Defence.

The missiles originally from Italian factory Selenia were refurbished at the Argentine Armed Forces Scientific and Technical research centre, CITEFA (Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de las Fuerzas Armadas argentinas).

The missiles were fired from the naval air base of Punta Indio in the province of Buenos Aires and will enable the Argentine Navy to recover its air defence capacity.

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