capability – This new version of the Mica missile “will enable forces to face future threats and maintain operational superiority in contested airspaces”
A “major milestone towards the qualification of the missile and its integration into the Rafale”. The Ministry of the Armed Forces announced this Friday in a press release that “the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) successfully carried out on June 1, the first firing of the Mica NG (new generation combat interception and self-defense missile) in configuration of supersonic flight of the Rafale.
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Thanks to its onboard technologies, this new missile “will enable forces to face future threats and maintain operational superiority in contested airspaces.” The production chain within the MBDA industrial company is currently being set up and “will allow us to satisfy French and export needs in a context of preparing the industry for a high-intensity conflict”.
The missile uses infrared radiation from the target
This shot was carried out on the “Méditerranee” site of the DGA Missile Tests. This is the second development shot of the Mica NG from a Rafale, but the first carried out in supersonic flight, that is to say at a speed greater than that of sound (Mach 1), at which “the missile and its infrared seeker are subjected to a higher surrounding temperature.” high. »
The seeker is a system used by the missile to automatically correct its trajectory based on the information it receives. It uses infrared radiation emitted by the target. “The higher the surrounding temperature, the greater the cont(…)
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