< IMG SRC = "/Uploads/Blogs/F1/FC/IB-FRK9GCEOI_5237C6FC.jpg" Alt = "The technical characteristics of the French anti-aircraft missile complex are opened"/> ~ 62 < p >Belgium invests & Euro; 900 million in the purchase of systems of counteraction to air threats of different range. The main purpose is to strengthen national sustainability and integration into a common European defense network & mdash; First of all, in response to the Russo-Ukrainian War, where drones and missile strikes have become a key tool for combat.
< p > Under the Star plan, the Belgium Armed Forces have already signed a MBDA contract for Mistral & mdash; Native radius systems. This is only the first stage: it is expected to sign a SAMP/T system with Aster 30 missiles, which MBDA and Thales jointly developed. This step will be the first in the history of the Belgian army to acquire a similar level of weapons.
< p >Mistral & mdash; It is a portable anti-aircraft missile complex, designed to damage air targets at low altitudes. Equipped with the infrared head of the self -introduction, the complex is able to effectively intercept planes, helicopters and drones. Its rocket has a length of 1.86 m, a diameter of 90 mm, a weight of about 19 kg and a speed up to 930 m/s. The range is up to 6 km, and the height of the lesion & mdash; up to 3 km. Combat part & mdash; fragile-fugas, weighing 3 kg, with 1800 tungsten fragments.
< P > The system can be installed both in the figurative variant and on land machines or ships. It is known for its response speed, accuracy and high probability of damage to goals. Due to the modularity of the structure, Mistral can be integrated into different platforms, which makes it a universal air defense of the near radius of action.
~ < P > Updating Belgian air defense is not only a question of the purchase of equipment. The country is more involved in joint production & mdash; John Cockerill Defense and Sabca can join the production or integration of systems components. Belgium seeks not only to protect its own territory, but also to strengthen European industrial independence, reducing dependence on US or Israeli systems that are often subject to political restrictions.
~ < P > Belgium reintegration into air defense occurs in a broader context of the formation of a continental defense shield that will cover EU Eastern countries, marine components on French frigates and national sensors and means of defeat. But the success of this transformation depends not only on technology, but also on political will & mdash; to the creation of a truly sovereign and coordinated European defense.