Serbia takes on man-portable air defense systems Mistral 3 production of European unification MBDA. This decision was taken after the official visit of the President of France Emmanuel Makron Serbia.
The Serbian Ministry of Defense signed a contract with the European union to acquire MANPADS MBDA Mistral 3. The contract becomes Serbia 18 launchers and 50 Mistral surface-to-air missile 3. This agreement also provides for joint work on the integration of SAM Mistral 3 Serb of the arms of self-propelled artillery complex zenith PASARS-16. It is possible to purchase additional missiles in the future.
MANPADS “Mistral” – French developed complex defense short-range, designed to destroy air targets at altitudes of 3 to 6 km. Unlike the first and second modifications, Mistral missiles 3 capable of destroying not only the low-flying targets, but also the surface speed at a distance of 3 km.
Designed in Serbia SPAR PASARS-16 “Terminator” It is a modified module, Swedish armed 40 mm automatic anti-aircraft gun and L70 Bofors two launchers for launching the missiles RLN-IC, which is a modification of Soviet aircraft missiles “air-to-air” P-13M (R-13M).
