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First Successful Guided Firing of Meteor Missile From Rafale

Friday, May 1st, 2015

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Teams from the French Ministry of Defence (MoD), Dassault Aviation, and MBDA carried out the first successful guided firing of the long-range Meteor missile from a Rafale combat aircraft against an air target on April 28, the ministry said.The missile was launched from the DGA’s Cazaux Fight Test Centre near Bordeaux, France through the secured zone of the DGA Essais de Missiles in Biscarosse, also near Bordeaux, France. This test came after earlier missile separation trials in 2013 and 2014.“This…

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