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Skyguard/Aspide Air Defense System
SİSTEM GENEL BAKIŞI
Pakistan operates the SPADA 2000 (Selenia Point And area Defense Alerting), an Italian medium-range SAM system developed by MBDA/Alenia Marconi. It uses the Aspide 2000 semi-active radar homing missile with a 25 km engagement range against aircraft and cruise missiles. The system is fully mobile with engagement radar, command post, and launcher vehicles on wheeled trucks. Pakistan procured SPADA 2000 in 2009 to fill a mid-tier air defence gap between short-range systems (RBS-70, FM-90) and the long-range HQ-9/P. The system complements Crotale NG for area defence of military installations.
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Skyguard/Aspide Air Defense System - Rheinmetall
AVANTAJLAR
- Combined gun and missile system for layered defense
- Aspide missile provides medium-range engagement capability
- 35mm guns effective against low-flying targets
- SPADA 2000 variant uses Aspide 2000 missile — 25 km engagement range
- Fully mobile system for rapid repositioning between defended sites
- Italian-origin proven technology — NATO-compatible IFF standards
DEZAVANTAJLAR
- 1980s technology; Aspide missile is obsolescent
- Semi-active radar homing is vulnerable to ECM
- Limited capability against modern threats (cruise missiles, stealth aircraft)
- Spare parts increasingly scarce
TEKNİK ÖZELLİKLER
GUN35mm Oerlikon Twin Cannons
TYPECombined Gun-Missile Short/Medium-Range Air Defense
MISSILEAspide (Semi-Active Radar Homing, ~25 Km Range)
ENGAGEMENTSimultaneous Gun And Missile Engagement
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