Meteor Missile

• The Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to make a strategic decision to bolster its acquisition of the Meteor Missile.

ABOUT METEOR MISSILE

• It is a European active radar-guided beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM).
• It is manufactured by MBDA Systems for six European nations- UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, and Sweden.
• It offers a multi-shot capability (multiple launches against multiple targets).
• It has the ability to engage highly maneuverable targets such as jet aircraft, and small targets such as UAVs and cruise missiles in a heavy electronic countermeasures.
• It has a combat range of 200 km.
• A solid-fueled ramjet motor allows the missile to cruise at a speed of over Mach 4.
• The missile is equipped with a blast-fragmentation warhead.
• The missile system is installed with an active radar target seeker, offering high reliability in the detection, tracking, and classification of targets.