Frankreichs Streitkräfte

[Quintus Fabius]

Frankreich bastelt an neuen PALR, die auch Hardkillsysteme schlagen sollen. Die Fähigkeiten sind ansonsten sehr ähnlich der Spike Familie, die PALR aber darüber hinaus auch als Fire and Forget einsetzbar und haben im Gegensatz zur Spike Familie einen ungekühlten Infrarot Sensor. Die Waffe kann NLOS eingesetzt werden.

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Das System soll die MILAN und andere PALR in der französischen Armee so bald wie möglich ersetzen.

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A risk reduction contract, notified by the French DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement) in December 2011, served to validate the technical choices behind the critical equipment involved with the missile and its firing post. The capability of the missile’s non-cooled infrared seeker to guide it towards the target in “fire and forget” mode, the electro-optical performance of the latest generation cameras in the firing post as well as the dynamic behaviour of the fibre optic connection necessary for “man in the loop” operation were also able to be confirmed.

The configuration of the missile and its associated equipment have been fixed, allowing the programme to enter the integration phase at the beginning of 2013, with the first functional models being integrated and tested. At the same time, environmental testing of a full model have enabled MMP’s sub-assembly environmental specifications to be established. This will allow progress towards the shock and vibration testing phase.

More recently, the “confined space firing” capability was demonstrated during a series of tests on several types of ground surfaces in MBDA’s test tunnel in Bourges, central France. The positive results of these tests were necessary to assure the safety of the system operators who will be participating in the firing campaigns with the firing post.

Tests with the warhead against the latest generation of explosive reactive armour have been successfully carried out.