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Saturday, May 28, 2011

Successful launches of two MBDA Aster missiles from the Cavour carrier

Aster missile launchMBDA announces two successful launches made on May 18th and 19th to demonstrate the effectiveness of its Aster missiles.

Both launches were from the Italian Navy's Cavour carrier in the Poligono Interforze di Salto di Quirra (PISQ) and were made with the assistance of MBDA.

The launches to test the effectiveness of the SAAM/IT system were carried out: one in “autonomous” (self-controlled) mode and the other in “integrated” mode, controlled by the combat system.

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