{"id":1559,"date":"2025-05-03T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2025-06-08T10:45:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T08:45:58","slug":"thales-uk-and-mod-successfully-test-lightweight-multi-role-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/?p=1559","title":{"rendered":"Thales UK and MoD successfully test lightweight multi-role missile"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thales UK, in collaboration with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), has conducted successful back-to-back firings of the Lightweight Multi-role Missile (LMM) against air and sea targets.<\/p>\n

The recent firing event is said to have marked a significant milestone by showcasing the weapon\u2019s capabilities in both air defence and surface attack.<\/p>\n

The LMM, a versatile and precision-guided missile, is designed to engage a variety of threats such as armoured personnel carriers, fast in-shore attack crafts, and uncrewed aerial systems.<\/p>\n

Its precision laser guidance system minimises collateral damage, making it suitable for urban warfare.<\/p>\n

With a speed of Mach 1.5 and a range exceeding 6km, the LMM features a triple effect warhead and proximity fuse.<\/p>\n

The company states that LMM set a new standard in short-range defence by neutralising both an aerial drone (Banshee UAV) and a sea-based target (fast inshore attack craft) with two missiles launched in less than a minute.<\/p>\n

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During testing, the missile was launched from a vehicle-mounted, lightweight fire control and launching system developed by Thales in the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The test also received support from the British Army and Royal Navy, which presented various static equipment, including shoulder and tripod launchers, and a Wildcat helicopter equipped to carry 20 LMMs, referred to as Martlet in naval operations.<\/p>\n

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Separately, Thales Australia announced that the Albanese Government\u2019s plan to invest A$100m\u00a0($62m) in the production of an additional 44 Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles (PMVs) at the Thales Protected Vehicle Centre of Excellence in Bendigo, Australia.<\/p>\n

This investment is part of a larger A$300m\u00a0commitment to defence by the Albanese Government.<\/p>\n

The new Bushmasters will serve the Australian Army\u2019s second long-range fires regiment at the Edinburgh Defence Precinct in South Australia, within the 10th Fires Brigade.<\/p>\n

More than 1300 Bushmaster vehicles have been produced in Bendigo, with exports made to eight countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thales UK, in collaboration with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), has conducted successful back-to-back firings of the Lightweight Multi-role Missile (LMM) against air and sea targets. The recent firing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,28],"tags":[304,306,305],"class_list":["post-1559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-army","category-military-tech","tag-multi-role-missile","tag-thales","tag-uk"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/multi-role-missile.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1559"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1563,"href":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559\/revisions\/1563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}