FARNBOROUGH 2008: Thales shows off lightweight multi-role missile (LMM)

Posted by admin on July 18, 2008

In today’s asymmetric warfare environment, a target is as likely to be a rigid inflatable as a destroyer, a pick-up truck as a tank, or a micro-UAV as a manned aircraft.

Taking them out with traditional missiles is like using the proverbial sledgehammer to crack a nut – and also depletes stocks of expensive equipment.

With this in mind Thales showed off its new lightweight multi-role missile (LMM) at the Farnborough air show this week.

Weighing just 13kg and built to be fired from multiple ground, air and naval platforms against an equally wide range of targets, it is designed to meet military requirements without draining budgets.

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