| |
|||
| a | |||
Naval
Industry News - France |
|||
MBDA
unveils a new Coastal Battery System based on the Exocet MM40 Block
3 anti-ship missile |
|||
Our
colleagues from Army Recognition, who are currently covering
the KADEX
2014 defence exhibition in Kazakhstan, have learned an exclusive
naval news: MBDA unveiled for the first time a new mobile coastal battery
based on the Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missile. |
|||
In the
eighties, MBDA developed and produced mobile coastal batteries based
on the previous generations of Exocet anti-ship missiles (block 1 and
block 2). Five years ago, MBDA introduced a new generation of Exocet
missile, the block 3. The new Exocet Block 3 Coastal Battery is composed of two main units: - The firing unit - The tactical and operation center The firing unit consists in a semi-trailer that may launch four missiles. The tactical and operation center, is the control unit that will interact with the launcher. It can command and control up to four firing units. |
 The firing unit consists in a semi-trailer that can launch four MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missiles |
|||
The newest
MM40 version (MM40 Block 3) has an improved range in excess of 180 kilometres
(97 nautical miles) through the use of a turbojet engine, and includes
four air intakes to provide continuous airflow to the engine during high-G
manoeuvers. The Block 3 missiles accept GPS guidance system waypoint commands, which allow them to attack naval targets from different angles and to strike land targets, giving them a marginal role as a land-attack missile. The Block 3 Exocet is lighter than the previous MM40 Block 2 Exocets. Exocet MM40 Block 3 is in service with the French Navy on its Horizon class frigates and will equip its variant of the Franco-Italian FREMM frigate. It has also been ordered by several other export customers. |
|||
