France Unveils THUNDART, a 150-Km Deep-Strike Rocket

MBDA and Safran have taken the wraps off THUNDART, a 150-kilometer (93-mile) guided rocket system meant to succeed France’s aging Lance-Roquette Unitaire (LRU) launchers.

The companies presented the weapon as a practical, ready-to-test solution rather than a far-off concept, part of a push to modernize the country’s long-range fires capability.

The weapon pairs MBDA’s mass-production experience with Safran’s guidance know-how drawn from the AASM family of French precision-guided air-to-ground munitions.

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