AIR DEFENSE: The New MICA Goes To Sea
April 6, 2021: Egypt recently agreed to an upgrade the aid defense systems for the four French Gowind class corvettes they ordered in 2014. The upgrade involves using the VL-MICA air defense system. Since ordering the Gowinds the VL-MICA system has gone through some major upgrades that made it much more effective. The VL-MICA NG (New Generation) uses a new missile with a max range of 40 kilometers and much improved sensors. The current MICA missile has a max range of 15-20 kilometers. All MICA missiles are stored and launched vertically from a multi-cell box. Being launched vertically cost MICA a lot of range and maneuverability, which is why the original VL-MICA had a variable range that depended on how much the missile had to maneuver to hit the target. VL MICA is a ground (or ship based) version of the original MICA air-to-air missile that was introduced in the late 1990s. In 2008, noting the success of
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