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by Richard Tomkins Paris (UPI) Feb 27, 2015
A new precision strike missile system will continue to be developed under a new cooperative contract between Thales and ASELSAN of Turkey. The missile system under development incorporates Thales's lightweight multi-role missiles, or LMM, and a missile launcher system by ASELSAN. "The cooperation between the two companies was initiated in 2010 and first stage firings of an integrated Missile Launcher System and LMM were demonstrated in 2014," Thales said in an announcement from a defense airshow in the United Arab Emirates. The agreement covers further firing demonstrations, initially in the naval domain, and allows for further cooperation in other areas where both Thales and ASELSAN are well experienced. The LMM missile by Thales can be fired from aerial platforms, ground vehicles of ships for destroying a variety of surface threats, including fast in-shore attack craft. ASELSAN's Missile Launcher System is a compact system for fast patrol boats and larger ships.
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