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AS 37 Martel air-to-surface missile

Country of Origin: France

The Martel was an air-to-surface missile jointly developed by British Aerospace and Matra SA of France. Matra and Electronique Serge Dassault (ESD) produced the anti-radar AS 37. British Aerospace and GEC Avionics developed a TV-guided variant (see "Variants," below).

The Martel name was derived from its guidance options -- missile, anti-radiation and television.

The missile had a thick cylinder with ogival nose cruciform configuration with cropped delta mainplanes set well back...

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