Air Defense: May 8, 2001

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The British Army will improve the performance of its High Velocity Missile air defense units with a new thermal sight ordered from Thales Air Defense. These will be fitted on the self-propelled versions of the HVM under a $103 million contract. Each vehicle (based on a Stormer tracked chassis) mounts eight missiles in the ready-to-fire position on an unmanned turret.--Stephen V Cole

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