Turkish army test fires Israeli Spike missile

Turkey has launched a test campaign to support its acquisition of 50 AgustaWestland T129 attack helicopters, using a modified army Bell AH-1S Cobra to fly a new mission computer developed by Aselsan, Tubitak and Turkish Aerospace Industries, and to fire Rafael's Spike air-to-surface missile - a candidate weapon for the aircraft.

Ankara signed a $1.2 billion contract in September to buy the T129, a Turkish version of AgustaWestland's A129 Mangusta equipped with new avionics equipment and more powerful engines.


Source : Flightglobal.com --- (Posted : By Tolga Ozbek 05/10/07)
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(15.10.2007)