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Iris-T: the new air-to-air missile's mass production started

Rome, Italy - The new guided rocket is devoted to the Eurofighter, the Gripen, the F-16 and the F/A-18

The countries promoting the Iris-T missile programme provided their green light for the mass production of the new weapon system. Germany, Italy, Spain, Norway, Greece and Sweden agreed definitively on the launch of the air-to-air missile destined to operate together with the the AIM-9 Sidewinder in its various versions and then to replace it, as it is currently deployed on the combat airplanes belonging...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 110260
Rome, Italy, 12/21/2004 12:37
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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