http://www.upi.com/InternationalInt...13-062708-4146r

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Crystal Maze loses its way during second test


Rahul Bedi JDW Correspondent
New Delhi

The Rafael Armament Development Authority¹s medium-range stand-off AGM-142 Raptor Have Nap/Popeye missile, specially configured for the Indian Air Force (IAF), has proved unsuccessful in its second 'validation' test, which took place in April in the western Rajasthan desert.

Fired from a Mirage 2000H fighter, the missile - codenamed Crystal Maze by the IAF - missed its target and exploded 50 m away.

In its first 'validation' firing, which took place in December 2004, the missile struck the reinforced concrete target accurately, piercing it to a depth of 2 m, but did not detonate due to an apparent problem with the fuze.

Under the December 2001 contract for 30 AGM-142s, worth around Rs2.70 billion ($62.7 million), two validation test firings were required by mid-2005. Thereafter, 15 missiles were to be delivered by June and the balance by December.

Ministry of Defence sources indicated that the penalty clause for delayed delivery would come into effect due to the two failed tests, with another round of launches likely before year-end.

The AGM-142/Crystal Maze missile is powered by a solid-propellant rocket motor and has an inertial guidance system equipped with datalink and a TV/imaging infra-red homing device. The datalink provides for single aircraft operation but the munitions guidance system can be turned over to a second aircraft, allowing the first to leave the operational area. The missile is intended to arm the IAF's Mirage 2000H fighters.

Meanwhile, the IAF has issued a request for information involving 100 advanced air-to-surface missiles with a 200 km range. The request has gone to Israel Military Industries, Boeing of the US, Denel of South Africa and France's MBDA.

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158 . מתחילים לראות את הסוף .

רשות לפיתוח אמצעי לחימה = רפא"ל.

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If the radiance of a thousand suns
were to burst at once into the sky
That would be like the splendor of the mighty One…
I am became death,the shatter of Worlds.

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ואז הם שינו את השם ל"רפאל - רשות לפיתוח אמצעי לחימה בע"מ". למרות זאת, לדעתי מוצדק להמשיך לקרוא להם רפא"ל.

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