Skyguard/Aspide Air Defense System
Type: air_defense
Domain: land
Country of Origin: Germany
Manufacturer: Rheinmetall
First Deployed: 1985
Overview
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.
Technical Specifications
| gun | 35mm Oerlikon twin cannons |
|---|---|
| type | Combined gun-missile short/medium-range air defense |
| missile | Aspide (semi-active radar homing, ~25 km range) |
| engagement | Simultaneous gun and missile engagement |
Operators
- Brazil
- Switzerland
- Spain
- South Korea
- Thailand
- Egypt
- Pakistan
- Indonesia
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