Ukraine has announced that the Crotale air defense system, developed by France, will be transferred to the Ukrainian Army…
In addition to the systems themselves, the Ukrainian Army will also receive ammunition for them.
Crotale is deployed primarily to protect critical facilities against aerial targets flying at low and very low altitudes.
Designed to destroy aerial targets at altitudes ranging from 15 meters to 6 kilometers, the French system offers an effective range of up to 10–16 kilometers and can be used against cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, fighter aircraft, and helicopters.
The VT1 missile, used by Crotale NG, has a speed of over Mach 3.5 and a maneuverability of up to 35 G.
It is guided via the CLOS (Command to Line Of Sight) method and is equipped with a fragmentation warhead…