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JADARA TO MAKE IT BIG IN 2023

Jadara plans to launch new products with Raptor’s fin-stabilised 107 mm caliber mis- The launcher component of the system
more advanced systems and better speci- sile has a range of 500 meters as compared weighs 27.3 kg, while the missile in its
fications next year. to RPG 32’s 350 meters, and has a penetrat- container weighs 29.7 kg. Jadara claims
ing capacity of up to 500 mm. that the Terminator-FM can operate at tem-
“Next year we have very promising proj- Amid the rising demand for ATGMs in the peratures from -40 to 60 degrees Celsius.
ects and Jadara will make a big jump,” region, Jafar said, a new product which will
said Khaled Jafar, Vice-Chairman, Jadara be launched next year is the Terminator FM. Referring to other developmental projects,
Equipment and Defence Systems co. This new beam riding ATGM, has a caliber Jafar said:“We are also working on replac-
of 152mm, a range of up to 5000m, and ing our sights. We just started, we want to
Jadara plans to launch the much-awaited equipped with a tandem HEAT warhead move into using digital sights using cam-
shoulder-fired anti-tank rocket launcher, capable of penetrating rolled homogeneous eras instead of optical sights.
designated as RPG Raptor, which is aimed armour (RHA) after explosive reactive “We are also working on introducing fire
to replace the man-portable rocket-pro- armour (ERA) up to 1000mm and forget systems for the laser guided
pelled grenade launcher RPG32. weapons that we produce. These are
“The system is almost ready. We are in the already under development. We finished the
“We just finished the development of the final stages of the development of the guid- development of the software algorithms.
launcher last week, after successfully com- ance sight. We are trying to make it much We design our own guiding algorithms for
pleting the development of the rocket and better with high resolution so that it can target acquiring and tracking under severe
the launch tube. Currently working on the acquire the target of a maximum range of weather and visibility conditions,” he said.
development of the ballistic table and we five kilometres, better than any systems These, according to Jafar, are working on
hope it will be ready shortly,” Jafar said. currently available in the market,” he said. the background for future products.

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