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The warheads, supplied by French-based Manufacture de Machines du Haut Rhin, are equipped with a contact fuse, a laser proximity fuse and a time delay self-destruct device. The missile is armed with a 3kg high-explosive warhead loaded with tungsten ball projectiles. The fully autonomous ‘fire and forget’ Mistral 2 missile is equipped with a two-stage solid propellant rocket motor designed and developed by Snecma Propulsion Solide in Paris using EURENCO (formerly SNPE) propellant charges. Mistral 2 ‘fire and forget’ anti-aircraft missile The Norwegian Government donated about 100 Mistral air defence missiles along with several launchers to Ukraine in April 2022, in response to Ukraine’s request for international military assistance to meet the requirement for weapons during its ongoing conflict with Russia. The Croatian Government approved the procurement of Mistral 3 surface-to-air missiles for €72m ($76m) in December 2022. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding for the manufacturing of Mistral missiles at BDL in June 2022. MBDA collaborated with India-based Bharat Dynamics for the final assembly, integration and testing of Mistral and ASRAAM missiles in September 2019. The Serbian Ministry of Defence acquired Mistral 3 missiles from MBDA in July 2019, becoming its 32nd buyer and the tenth country to possess Mistral missiles. The contract provided access to the latest generation Mistral SHORAD missiles. The contract was valued at €60m ($77.7m) with 25 launchers entering service in 2009.Įstonia signed a €50m ($58.9m) contract for another batch of Mistral missiles in June 2018, with the option for the delivery of additional missiles worth up to €100m ($117.92m). In February 2007, Estonia placed an order for the Mistral 2 missile system. French procurement agency Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) will procure the missiles on behalf of all the partner nations.

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Mistral 3, the latest in the Mistral series of missiles, is currently in service with the French armed forces.įrance, Cyprus, Belgium, Hungary and Estonia signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to jointly acquire the Mistral 3 ground-based air defence system in June 2023. In June 2001, the last of 45 ATLAS launchers and nine MCP with Mistral 2 missiles were delivered to Hungary. Mistral entered series production in 1989 and has been deployed by more than 40 armed forces.

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