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In Ukraine, ‘shoot-and-scoot’ tactics helping Caesars survive
Nexter has increased monthly Caesar production to six from two before the war, and the target “in the time to come” is 12 cannons per month.
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“French Himars”: for post-2030, Thales and ArianeGroup are working on a strike capacity at 1,000km (vs. 150km max for the Himars), with a ballistic munition capable of reaching Mach 5. A sort of conventional deterrence
Read a couple days ago :
The question is on size. 1,000km, ballistic, Mach 5, what size?The article says that it's a tender where two contestants are competing: Thales+ArianeGroup on one side, Safran+MBDA on the other. Both have the know-how to make missiles (ArianeGroup makes the M51 nuke missiles after all), so there's not much worry that the winning offer will be good.
The question is whether they'll have enough customers that we can build more than ten...
Maybe there'll be a stato reactor filled with powder to boost it like the ASMP to reduce its size.The question is on size. 1,000km, ballistic, Mach 5, what size?
If I had to play the "choose any two" game, I'd favor long range and a size that gives the ability to fit their launch pods onto existing HIMARS/M270/LRU systems.The question is on size. 1,000km, ballistic, Mach 5, what size?
It looks like a different size. At a guess, I'd say 8 x 300mm x 5m rockets depicted.Can't answer that at the moment.
If I had to play the "choose any two" game, I'd favor long range and a size that gives the ability to fit their launch pods onto existing HIMARS/M270/LRU systems.