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FC/ASW ... dietro questo orrendo acronimo si nasconde uno studio franco-britannico che punta alla realizzazione di una nuova famiglia di missili da crociera che andranno a sostituire quelli attualmente in servizio ...

France and the UK have launched a three-year programme to advance the replacement of their current inventories of air-launched cruise missiles and anti-ship weapons, to enter use around the end of the next decade.

Representing an investment worth €100 million ($108 million) to be funded equally by the nations, the future cruise/anti-ship weapon (FC/ASW) activity will be performed by MBDA, under the leadership of France’s DGA defence procurement agency.

It aims to introduce a new family of missiles to replace the partners’ current MBDA Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG and Exocet weapons, as well as the Boeing-produced Harpoon system.

Fonte: FlightGlobal ... France, UK advance deep strike weapons study ...