Sweden tests Taurus from Gripen: Is NATO building a new deep-strike threat against Putin's Russia?
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Sweden tests Taurus from Gripen: Is NATO building a new deep-strike threat against Putin's Russia?
Sweden has taken a major step toward developing a long-range precision strike capability after a Gripen C fighter conducted the country’s first live launch of a Taurus KEPD 350 missile. The August 21 test at the Vidsel Test Range verified the aircraft-weapon interface during an actual airborne launch, according to Sweden’s Defence Materiel Administration. The Taurus has a reported range of more than 500 kilometres and is designed to strike harde…
Despite Saab's involvement in its development, alongside MBDA Deutschland, the KEPD-350 Taurus cruise missile had not garnered the interest of the Swedish Ministry of Defence until the war in Ukraine. In 2024, believing it needed to acquire deep strike capabilities to deter a potential adversary [meaning: ... This article, "A Swedish Gripen C fired a KEPD-350 Taurus long-range cruise missile for the first time," first appeared on Military Zone.
After years of planning and integration work, a Swedish Air Force Saab Gripen C fighter launched for the first time a TAURUS KEPD 350 cruise missile during an activity developed over the Vidsel test site. The test, carried out on Friday 21st of the current represents a [...] The entry For the first time, a Swedish Air Force Gripen C launched a TAURUS KEPD 350 cruise missile aparece primero en Zona Militar.
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