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Thales Targets U.S. Market With New Lightweight UAV-Launched Missile

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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

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Thales is developing a lightweight multirole missile (LMM) to offer a low-cost precision-strike capability for a variety of air-, land- and sea-based platforms, but particularly for unmanned air vehicles (UAV). "The UAV community is in dire need of a weapon that can provide precision but also...something more potent than a 2.75-inch rocket," William Rumble, director of Thales Air Systems, said during an Oct. 6 interview on the sidelines of the Association of the U.S. Army's annual conference in Washington. Using…

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