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NASAM initially stood for Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System. Till Raytheon & Kongsberg Defense decided to market it world-wide and National replaced Norwegian.
Can't understand the need for #NASAM air-defense system
Composition of NASAM fire Unit:
(1) Missile: AIM-120-C7 missile (can fire AIM-9X or RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile)
(2) Launcher: 6 x missiles/launcher (Launcher can be static or mobile)
(3) Radar: Raytheon X-Band, 3D, MPQ-64F1 Sentinel (scan and track)
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(4) It also has an Electro-Optical sensor for passive identification and cuing of the missiles. This system is mounted on a 4x4 vehicle.
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A battery consists of a Fire Distribution Center (FDC) which manages 3/4 launchers. Each FDC is connected to Radars, EO Unit & Launchers +
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