ALAS missile
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ALAS is a new Serbia
n long-range multipurpose guided missile system developed by the private company EdePro and sponsored by Yugoimport SDPR
. The new system was developed for attacks on tanks, armored fighting vehicles, fortifications, command
posts, low-flying helicopters, coastal ships, industrial
facilities, bridges and more. It can be used by helicopters, armored vehicles, small ships and infantry. The ALAS uses a combined TV/IC guidance, which cannot be jammed. The missile is guided using a fiber-optic cable
which connects the missile to the launcher. ALAS flies at very low attitude and has very small radar and IC reflexive. This missile uses a turbofan motor instead of a turbojet motor. A secondary use for this system is as an UAV
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Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n long-range multipurpose guided missile system developed by the private company EdePro and sponsored by Yugoimport SDPR
Yugoimport SDPR
Yugoimport SDPR is a Serbian state-owned defence company and represents the Government and military industrial complex of Serbia in the sphere of importation and exportation cooperation of defence equipment and related services...
. The new system was developed for attacks on tanks, armored fighting vehicles, fortifications, command
posts, low-flying helicopters, coastal ships, industrial
facilities, bridges and more. It can be used by helicopters, armored vehicles, small ships and infantry. The ALAS uses a combined TV/IC guidance, which cannot be jammed. The missile is guided using a fiber-optic cable
Optical fiber
An optical fiber is a flexible, transparent fiber made of a pure glass not much wider than a human hair. It functions as a waveguide, or "light pipe", to transmit light between the two ends of the fiber. The field of applied science and engineering concerned with the design and application of...
which connects the missile to the launcher. ALAS flies at very low attitude and has very small radar and IC reflexive. This missile uses a turbofan motor instead of a turbojet motor. A secondary use for this system is as an UAV
Unmanned aerial vehicle
An unmanned aerial vehicle , also known as a unmanned aircraft system , remotely piloted aircraft or unmanned aircraft, is a machine which functions either by the remote control of a navigator or pilot or autonomously, that is, as a self-directing entity...
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Specifications
- Speed: 180m/s (mid-course)
- Altitude: 150-500m
- Range: 25 km
- Penetration: 800mm RHARolled homogeneous armourRolled homogeneous armour is a type of steel which is used to armour vehicles.-Composition:Armoured steel must be hard yet impervious to shock in order to resist high velocity metal projectiles. Steel with these characteristics is produced by processing cast steel billets of appropriate size and...