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ADM: Australia tested its own long-range missile from a platform on a truck

MOSCOW, February 22 – RIA Novosti. Australia’s Black Sky Aerospace (BSA) has successfully tested a long-range missile prototype from the platform of a German Mercedes Benz Unimog truck, the website of the Australian military magazine reported on Wednesday. ADM.

According to him, the Cyclone (Cyclone) TM229 training rocket with a diameter of 229 millimeters and a length of 3.7 meters was manufactured in Australia and adapted for launch from an army truck. A test launch took place at the Black Sky test site in Southwest Queensland.

The magazine quotes BSA chief Blake Nicolik as saying that the company is “developing, optimizing and refining its ability to implement the government’s plan to develop guided missiles and munitions in the local environment.”

“We were able to gather valuable data on initial launch, system validation, rocket design, and for future launches,” Nikolik said. Said. According to him, this is a major advance in the development of Australian “missiles with great export potential”.

As ADM points out, the training rocket is designed to give trainees experience in launching more advanced and expensive rockets so they can hone their skills in practice at a much lower cost.

In recent years, Australia has launched an unprecedented militarization effort amid support for the United States’ course of confrontation with China. In the near future, Australia is expected to reveal the details of the agreement as part of the AUKUS partnership with the US and UK to create a fleet of nuclear submarines in Australia.

Source: Ria

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