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France-Italy-Turkey project would give it's first fruits after a decade (if it could success), and then there won't be instant purchasing. There will be long duration testing and orders from all France-Italy-Turkey if it could pass tests, and delivering will also take additional 3-5 years. And all these assumed that there won't be any crisis between those states and Turkey.
We will not just sit here without any high altitute air defense in next 2 decades
It will not take ten years. The estimate of the Senate (France) - after auditions of experts, industrial and military - is 5 years between the beginning and the end of the development program.
https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/turk...dates-discussions.332876/page-59#post-9668527
There is absolutely no reason why this can not be achieved from a technological point of view. Italy and even more France have all the spatial technological mastery to achieve a ‘Lightweight Exo-atmospheric Projectile (LEAP)’.
Their one and only challenge is the problem of financing, especially in this period of budget deficit.
The only real ballistic threat to Turkey is borderline - at the moment - it does not necessarily require an exo-atmospheric interception capability (Aster Block 2). The new ‘Aster 30 Block 1 NT’ will do the job perfectly.
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France, Italy To Cooperate in Development of Aster Missile
By: Pierre Tran
June 14, 2016
PARIS — France and Italy have signed a cooperation agreement on development of the MBDA Aster Block 1 New Technology missile, the French Defence Ministry said in a statement.
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and his Italian counterpart, Roberta Pinotti, signed the agreement June 14 in Paris.
The program aims to extend the Aster 30's range to hit incoming ballistic missiles, one of Europe's contributions to NATO's program for an anti-ballistic missile shield.
"This decision reflects a shared determination to maintain the capabilities of the ground-based air defense system to the highest requirements and its Aster missile to respond to a full range of airborne threats," the ministry said.
The memorandum of understanding for cooperation boosts industrial cooperation between MBDA and Thales — partners in the Eurosam joint venture, which builds the missile system — and also strengthens export prospects, the ministry said.
Poland and Turkey are among the export prospects for the Aster missile.
The two companies said in separate statements they welcomed the announcement.
"The two countries, which have carried out this program for many years, have just laid out a robust route map that will see the Aster program well into the next decade, which will help to sustain industrial know-how for many years to come, and which is key to ensuring French and Italian sovereignty," said Antoine Bouvier, MBDA chief executive.
"Thales will deliver, in cooperation with the Italian industry, a new version of the fire control function and will develop a new missile seeker," according to the French electronics company.
The upgrade work involves an "evolution" in the missile's electronics and adaptation of the ground-based system for the new missile, which will be delivered in 2023, MBDA said.
Britain said at the Anglo-French summit in March at Amiens, northern France, that London would consider arming its destroyers with the new Aster version.
The French Direction Générale de l'Armement procurement office will work with its Italian counterpart, Segredifesa, and Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d'Armement, the European acquisition agency.
Italy's defense procurement spending in 2016 set aside €15 million (US $17 million) for upgrading the Aster 30 weapon with France, with Rome's eventual contribution set at €237.4 million.
The New Technology upgrade would allow the Aster 30 to hit enemy missiles with a range of 1,000 kilometers. The Block 1 model held by the French and Italian forces can intercept incoming missiles with a range of 600 kilometers, such as the Scud B.
An upgraded version is on the road map for building an Aster Block 2, which would intercept weapons that have a range of 3,000 kilometers.
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MBDA WELCOMES ITALY’S PARTICIPATION IN THE ASTER 30 BLOCK 1 NT PROGRAMME
13/01/2017
On December 20, OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation) notified to EUROSAM, a consortium formed by MBDA and Thales, the amendment 1 of the contract for the “B1NT” programme. This amendment embodies the participation of Italy in the programme. It follows the notification of the initial contract under French mandate on December 23, 2015, and the Arrangement of Cooperation, signed in June 2016 by the French and Italian Defence Ministers, laying down the framework of responsibilities and rights of the two countries vis-a-vis the missile to be developed in cooperation, and its multiple applications in land and naval defence systems against air attacks and ballistic missiles.
The “B1NT” programme includes the development by MBDA of the new version Block 1 NT (New Technology) of the Aster missile but also the modernisation of SAMP/T systems currently in service with the French Air Force and the Italian Army. These systems will thus acquire enhanced capabilities, particularly against ballistic missiles, constituting an essential contribution for both countries to the NATO programme in this area.
The Aster 30 Block 1 NT missile development takes into account the key dual requirement (same missile for ground and naval Aster systems), including thus the necessary adjustments to allow the missile to be fired from warships. Italy has in fact expressed its desire to use the Aster 30 Block 1 NT from its future class of PPA (Pattugliatori Polivalenti d’Altura) offshore patrol vessels.
Speaking about the event, MBDA CEO Antoine Bouvier, stated: “The Italian notification strengthens the Aster programme well beyond the financial and technological contribution. Once again, cooperation in Europe adds up to far more than the sum of its parts. After the current Aster 30 Block 1, which gave Europe its first defence capability against theatre ballistic missiles, the Aster 30 Block 1 NT will allow to extend this capability to more complex threats and will also deal with the emerging threat of Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles (ASBM).”
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