Paris 2011: MBDA Has India in Its Sights for Fire-and-forget Missile
MBDA Deutschland conducted three firing trials of its PARS 3 LR fire-and-forget precision missile in late April as part of its campaign to sell the weapo
MBDA Deutschland conducted three firing trials of its PARS 3 LR fire-and-forget precision missile in late April as part of its campaign to sell the weapon to India. Performed at the Vidsel range in Sweden, the test firings were undertaken from a German Eurocopter Tiger UHT helicopter, for which PARS 3 LR has been selected by the German army.
In the first trial the Tiger fired from a hover at a target seven kilometers (four nautical miles) away, then immediately repositioned and fired again at a moving target less than a minute later. The third firing was undertaken at 6,900-meters range with the helicopter in fast forward flight. All three tests were successful.
