Underwater Test for MBDA's Scalp Booster Missile

MBDA in September conducted a first underwater ignition of the booster for the submarine version of the Scalp Naval cruise missile, in preparation for a full test-fire launch in 2011, the European missile company said Oct. 25.

"The underwater test, which set the booster in operation for several seconds, was carried out at a significant depth in a Norwegian fjord using an instrumented model of a Scalp Naval rear section secured in a submerged structure," the company said in a statement released at the Euronaval trade show.

The ignition of the booster was intended to prepare for a full test-fire launch of the missile from a submarine, a company spokesman said.

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