{"id":106178,"date":"2025-03-14T13:31:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T13:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/france-italy-and-the-united-kingdom-order-more-than-200-aster-anti-aircraft-missiles-with-accelerated-delivery\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T13:31:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T13:31:46","slug":"france-italy-and-the-united-kingdom-order-more-than-200-aster-anti-aircraft-missiles-with-accelerated-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/france-italy-and-the-united-kingdom-order-more-than-200-aster-anti-aircraft-missiles-with-accelerated-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"France, Italy and the United Kingdom order more than 200 ASTER anti-aircraft missiles with accelerated delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article__media\"> <picture class=\"article__media\"><source srcset=\" https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/12\/0\/0\/5391\/3594\/556\/0\/75\/0\/f1857ff_ftp-import-images-1-tdpclurhyyai-5298724-01-06.jpg 556w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/12\/0\/0\/5391\/3594\/600\/0\/75\/0\/f1857ff_ftp-import-images-1-tdpclurhyyai-5298724-01-06.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/12\/0\/0\/5391\/3594\/664\/0\/75\/0\/f1857ff_ftp-import-images-1-tdpclurhyyai-5298724-01-06.jpg 664w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/12\/0\/0\/5391\/3594\/700\/0\/75\/0\/f1857ff_ftp-import-images-1-tdpclurhyyai-5298724-01-06.jpg 700w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/12\/0\/0\/5391\/3594\/800\/0\/75\/0\/f1857ff_ftp-import-images-1-tdpclurhyyai-5298724-01-06.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\" alt=\"Le ministre des arm\u00e9es, S\u00e9bastien Lecornu, au Val-de-Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 Paris, le 12\u00a0mars 2025.\" width=\"664\" height=\"443\"><\/source><\/picture> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/12\/0\/0\/5391\/3594\/664\/0\/75\/0\/f1857ff_ftp-import-images-1-tdpclurhyyai-5298724-01-06.jpg\" alt=\"The Minister of the Armed Forces, S\u00e9bastien Lecornu, in Val-de-Gr\u00e2ce in Paris, on March 12, 2025.\"\/> <\/noscript><figcaption class=\"article__legend\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The Minister of the Armed Forces, S\u00e9bastien Lecornu, in Val-de-Gr\u00e2ce in Paris, on March 12, 2025.  <span class=\"article__credit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Thibaud Moritz \/ AFP<\/span>  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">To cope with the deterioration of the security situation on the European continent, France, the United Kingdom and Italy have placed 218 ASTER anti-aircraft missiles whose delivery will be accelerated, the French Ministry of the Army announced on Friday, March 14. This joint acquisition is part of a framework order of nearly 700 missiles placed in December 2022 by the three countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \"><em>&#8220;Stimulating the transformation of the production tool, this new order will also have earlier delivery, from 2025, of the 134 missiles previously ordered&#8221;<\/em>judge on X the Minister of French Armies, S\u00e9bastien Lecornu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">The missiles ordered are ASTER 30 B1 missiles, version of the machine which has not yet entered service. These missiles will equip the future version of the French and Italian SAMP defense system as well as the air defense frigates of the three countries.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\"><span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also |<\/span><span class=\"catcher__desc\">  <span class=\"icon__premium\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span>    Defense and security: first discussions for a rapprochement between the United Kingdom and the European Union <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3407078\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/international\/article\/2025\/02\/02\/defense-et-securite-premieres-discussions-en-vue-d-un-rapprochement-entre-le-royaume-uni-et-l-union-europeenne_6528298_3210.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<h2 class=\"article__sub-title\">Entry into service planned in 2026<\/h2>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">Produced by the European manufacturer MBDA, the ASTER 30 B1 missile, which is to enter service in 2026, will have the capacity to reach a flying target at 25,000 meters above sea level at 150 kilometers around. In addition to planes, it will have the capacity to intercept medium -range ballistic missiles, as well as so -called hypersonic missiles, flying at more than Mach 5 (6,000 km\/h).<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">The contract also includes an unspecified number of ASTER 15 missiles, at the smaller, for French navy ships. The amount of this order was not communicated. The price of an ASTER 30 missile is estimated at more than 2 million euros, according to a report from the French Institute of International Relations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">Committed to an increase in the rate of its production to provide countries that are rearrupply, MBDA has increased its production of ASTER missiles by 50 % since 2022 and plans to reduce its production times, from forty-two months in 2022 to less than eighteen months in 2026.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\"><span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">See also |<\/span><span class=\"catcher__desc\">  <span class=\"icon__premium\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span>    Security guarantees in Ukraine: can Europe face Putin without the help of the United States? <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3412988\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/international\/video\/2025\/03\/12\/garanties-de-securite-en-ukraine-l-europe-peut-elle-contenir-poutine-sans-l-appui-des-etats-unis_6579692_3210.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"author\">\n<p class=\"author__detail\">  <span class=\"author__name\">The world with AFP<\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article__reactions\">                      Reuse this content   <\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\">Tm-En-1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of the Armed Forces, S\u00e9bastien Lecornu, in Val-de-Gr\u00e2ce in Paris, on March 12, 2025. Thibaud Moritz \/ AFP To cope with the deterioration of the security situation on the European continent, France, the United Kingdom and Italy have placed 218 ASTER anti-aircraft missiles whose delivery will be accelerated, the French Ministry of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5215,22536,23671,2516,1309,3808,13894,5744,2062,610],"class_list":["post-106178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-accelerated","tag-antiaircraft","tag-aster","tag-delivery","tag-france","tag-italy","tag-kingdom","tag-missiles","tag-order","tag-united"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}