MBDA Apache

Apache, from the French Arme Propulsee Antipiste a Charges Ejectables, is a French-developed, air-launched, anti-runway cruise missile manufactured by MBDA France. It was Europe's first operational conventional warhead air-to-ground missile that can be launched from outside the range of anti-aircraft defences, and it is fired from about 140 kilometres away from Mirage 2000 and Rafale aircraft. The Apache AP weighs 1,230 kilograms, is powered by a TRI 60-30 turbojet and ejects ten KRISS submunitions designed to penetrate concrete, with detonations that can be programmed to hamper repair work and keep an airfield closed longer. It is a stealthy missile that hugs the terrain, and the SCALP EG is based on it, sharing similar aerodynamics and stealth but using a different propulsion system and a single high-penetration warhead.