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JADARA DEVELOPING NEW

ATGM SYSTEMS

As countries in the Middle East are seeking cent of the development work is complete vehicle mounted. Our customers are mainly
to acquire more medium-range anti-tank and we expect to test the missile by the end the countries of the Middle East.”
guided missiles (ATGMs), Jordan’s Jadara of this year,” Khaled Jafar, vice-chairman of
Equipment and Defense Systems has the company, has said.
revealed that it is developing a new weapon
with a range of 3.5 kilometers. Due to market demand, another promising
project under development by Jadara is
“We are developing a new ATGM called the “TERMINATOR-FM”, a new beam riding
“Spear”, which can be operated in two ATGM, which has a caliber of 152mm, a
control modes selectable by the operator, range of up to 5000m, and equipped with
either in a manual control mode; where the a tandem HEAT warhead capable of pene-
operator can control the missile by con- trating RHA after ERA up to 1000mm.
tinuous target tracking until the target is Jadara is also developing a new rocket-pro-
destroyed, or in the second control mode pelled grenade launcher “Raptor”. “The new
using Fire and Forget technology; where RPG will have a range of 500 meters. This
the system locks and tracks the target and should also be ready by the last quarter of
guides the missile automatically until the this year,” Jafar added.
target is destroyed, an advanced locking
and tracking algorithm developed by Jadara Referring to the rising demand for ATGMs
is used, capable of achieving very high hit in the region, Jafar said: “In the last several
probability under sever weather and visibil- months countries in the Middle East and Mr. Khaled Jafar
ity conditions compared to similar systems African regions have shown great interest Vice-Chairman Jadara Equipment &
from other manufacturers. Almost 60 per in anti-tank missiles, both hand-held and Defense Systems Co. Jordan
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