The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has revealed the first images of its newly delivered MBDA Aster 30 SAMP/T (Sol-Air Moyenne Portée Terrestre, or surface-to-air medium range/land) self-propelled surface-to-air missile (SAM) system.
Screengrabs from a video commemorating its 50th Anniversary, hosted on the service’s official Facebook page and accessed by Jane’s on 29 March, showed the Aster 30 SAMP/T mounted on a Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles 8x8 TG-series truck at an undisclosed facility in Singapore.
Singapore has unveiled the first images of its new Aster 30 SAMP/T ground-based air defence system, which was quietly introduced in an air force promotional video.Photo by: Republic of Singapore Air Force
The system will replace the RSAF’s heavily modified but ageing Raytheon MIM-23B Improved Homing All the Way Killer (I-HAWK) missile systems operated by 163 Squadron, which entered service in the early 1980s.
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