Looking at this title, you can guess that it must be made in South Africa. It is true that although the African military industry has made a lot of progress, no one can develop and produce independently.
The Gulf War made the United States Haier missile famous, and the old South Africa also wanted to buy it, but the United States sanctioned not to sell, completely cutting off South Africa's thoughts and headlines Mirita observation. South Africa is a country that can always do miracles in sanctions, develop it yourself. Full development began in November 1996 and was developed by Kent Dragon Company of South Africa, now Daniel Defense. Mounted on a South African Ishicha Falcon helicopter, the first air-launched test was conducted in 1999, followed by the first guidance test in 2000 today's headline Mirita Observation. As of 2005, the development of the missile was almost complete and the first batch was currently being delivered to the Stone Tea Falcon Squadron of the South African Air Force. However, due to budget constraints, the South African Air Force decided to stop integrating weapons into the Stone Tea Falcon, not knowing when it would be delivered.
The missile's biggest impression is that it uses a powerful tandem charge, a high-explosive anti-tank warhead capable of penetrating rolled uniform armor in excess of 1350 mm, with tests showing up to 1,550 mm. And it is also effective against explosive reactive armor. This means that the missile is capable of countering any current armored vehicle threat. It is the first in the world to have such an armor-breaking anti-tank missile. Anti-ship warheads are also available to customers who want to use Mokpa as a shipborne defense weapon or a dedicated carrier-based helicopter weapon.
There are two ways to attack, lock before launch and lock after boot. Lock in the older, more traditional missile launch mode before launching, where the target must be irradiated by the launch platform before launch. On the other hand today's headline Mirita observes that the lock-in after activation allows the launching platform to launch missiles, even though it may not be in the target's line of sight. This will allow the launch platform to move into place, illuminating the target only before the missile hits it, or it will allow an observer equipped with a laser pointer on the ground to guide the missile in. This launch method greatly reduces the exposure time of the launch platform to enemy fire. Semi-active laser guidance, millimeter wave radar seeker, range 10 km. The range is achieved by advanced solid-fuel composite rocket engines, which burn relatively slowly compared to similar engines and are essentially smoke-free. It weighs 49.8 kg and is 2 meters long.
The main customer was Algeria, who bought 100 headline Milita Observations in 2012 and installed them on Bobcat helicopters.
Today's South African military industry no longer has the creative spirit of the past, and has not seen any shocking weapons appear.
Algerian