VL MICA is a vertical-launch short-range air defence system from MBDA that fires the MICA missile from truck-mounted or shipborne launchers. MBDA describes it as a fire-and-forget system effective in all weather against all types of targets, with 360 degree coverage that suits saturation attacks by low-signature threats such as guided bombs and cruise missiles. A typical ground unit has a vehicle-mounted tactical operations centre, a three-dimensional radar on a separate vehicle and three to six vertical launcher units on further vehicles. The missile is 3.1 metres long, 160 millimetres in diameter and weighs 112 kilograms, and it is based on the proven MICA radio-frequency and infrared missiles. It is offered for area defence of civilian or military assets and for support of deployed land forces.
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VL MICA's performance ensures area defence of highly sensitive civilian or military assets as well as support for deployed land forces.
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It was designed by the French and British engineers of Matra BAe Dynamics to meet an operational need that had hitherto not been met.
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It was designed by the French and British engineers of Matra BAe Dynamics to meet an operational need that had hitherto not been met.
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Based on the extensively proven MICA RF and IR missiles
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VL MICA's performance ensures area defence of highly sensitive civilian or military assets as well as support for deployed land forces.
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VL MICA's performance ensures area defence of highly sensitive civilian or military assets as well as support for deployed land forces.
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VL MICA's performance ensures area defence of highly sensitive civilian or military assets as well as support for deployed land forces.
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A butalite solid propellant booster and sustainer motor, supplied by Protac, is located in the mid-section of the missile.
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The first vertical launch of the VL Mica missile took place in 2001 at the Centre d'Essais des Landes range in France.
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Significantly, the RGO firing marked the first ever operational use of the land-based VL MICA system by an export customer.
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