Thales LMM
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| General Information | |
| Country of origin |
 United Kingdom
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| Manufacturer | Thales Group |
| development | 2008 |
| Commissioning | 2013 |
| Technical specifications | |
| length | 1300 mm |
| diameter | 76 mm |
| Combat weight | 13 kg |
| span | 275 mm |
| drive | Solid rocket engine |
| speed | approx. Mach 1.5 |
| Range | 400-8,000 m |
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| Target location | semi-active laser (SAL) or passive IR or INS + GPS |
| Warhead | 3 kg modular warhead |
| Weapon platforms |
Helicopters drones missile speedboats vehicles |
| Lists on the subject | |
The Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) developed by the Thales Group is a modular guided missile for combating sea, land and air targets. It can be launched from ships, unmanned aerial vehicles, helicopters and vehicles.
development
The LMM was the scope of the tender Future Anti-Surface Guided Weapon (FASGW) of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) in the 2000s. The FASGW program is part of the Team Complex Weapon Initiative - a six-year program valued at £ 74 million. The actual FASGW program is split into two parts - a heavy variant FASGW (H) for Heavy (Sea Venom) and FASGW (L) for Light. The Thales Group developed the LMM for FASGW (L). The LMM concept was presented to the public in January 2007 as an inexpensive guided weapon that can be used in various roles. Development started in 2008 and lasted three years. On May 13, 2011, Thales announced the start of production for the LMM. In 2013, the first guided missiles were shipped to the United Kingdom Armed Forces for integration and testing . A first order included the delivery of 1,000 LMM.
technology
The LMM is based on the Starstreak and Starburst anti-aircraft missiles . The missile fuselage, the control and guidance unit and the solid rocket engine come from the latter. LMM has a modular structure. Different warheads and seeker heads can be combined with one another. The following search head options exist: semi-active laser target search, combined INS / GPS guidance or an infrared search head . The following warheads are available: a combined shaped charge and fragmentation warhead, a thermobaric warhead and a warhead with reduced lethality. The warheads are triggered by an impact fuse or a laser proximity fuse. Thanks to the use of tried and tested components and the modular structure, the costs of the LMM should be 60–70% less than those of an AGM-114 Hellfire .
The guided weapons are delivered from the factory in sealed GRP transport and launch containers. LMM can be launched from small speed boats , unmanned aerial vehicles , helicopters and vehicles. The AgustaWestland AW159 helicopter of the Royal Navy can be equipped with up to 10–12 (2 × 5–7) LMMs. LMM can be used on drones - such as the Camcopter S-100 (2 pieces) developed by Schiebel and the BAe Fury (2 pieces). Another candidate for future use is the Westland WAH-64 Apache . LMM is also used on the Seahawk SIGMA weapon turret . In addition to a 30 mm machine gun, this weapon turret has seven LMMs. Together with the two Turkish arms companies Aselan and Yonca-Onuk, Thales is developing the MSL launch platform, which can accommodate four LMMs and can be used on missile high-speed craft or patrol boats.
distribution
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United Kingdom - Local name Martlet
Web links
- LMM presentation on thalesgroup.com (eng)
- Report on the LMM contract on thalesgroup.com (eng)
- Report on flightglobal.com (eng)
- DSEi: Lynx Wildcat to make static appearance - Report on the Lynx Wildcat with LMM on flightglobal.com (eng)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Lightweight Multirole Missile - Martlet I. In: thinkdefence.co.uk. Think Defense, accessed July 5, 2016 .