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Paris Air Show: HAROP loitering munition launched

12th June 2015 - 12:00 GMT | by The Shephard News Team

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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has conducted flight demonstrations of its Harop loitering munition for an undisclosed foreign customer, the company announced in advance of the Paris Air Show.

The company has conducted several other operational exercises for various customers in the last few months.

During this latest series of demonstrations, Harop reportedly showed its capabilities in flight altitude, observation and loitering, target destruction and manoeuvring. The missile loitered several hours until a target was selected and it dived onto it.

The Harop munitions unit consists of a mission control centre and several launchers. The control centre enables man-in-the-loop operations for engaging and aborting the attack in real time. The missile has a 15kg warhead that can be used in high to low intensity conflicts, counter-terrorism and urban warfare operations.

The launchers in the Harop unit are transportable and can be moved to the target area. The missile can engage stationary and moving targets in any attack angle and direction, from vertical to flat.

IAI has sold hundreds of Harop systems to various customers and plans to promote its capabilities during the Paris Air Show.

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