{"id":36376,"date":"2018-03-29T14:55:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T14:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/29\/singapore-confirms-delivery-of-aster-30-missile-with-video-post\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:56:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:56:48","slug":"singapore-confirms-delivery-of-aster-30-missile-with-video-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2018\/03\/29\/singapore-confirms-delivery-of-aster-30-missile-with-video-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore confirms delivery of Aster 30 missile with video post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MELBOURNE, Australia \u2015 Singapore has given the first glimpse of its latest addition to the multilayered air defense network defending the southeast Asian island nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A video posted on social media by the Republic of Singapore Air Force as part of its 50th Anniversary celebrations<\/a> showed the MBDA Aster 30<\/a> SAMP\/T medium- to long-range ground-based weapon mounted on a militarized MAN TG-series eight-wheel drive vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video also included close-ups of the front and the rear of the eight missile canisters. (The system is shown at approximately the 6m54s and 7m59s marks.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singapore announced that it had ordered the Aster 30 SAMP\/T in 2013 to replace the Raytheon MIM-23 Improved HAWK missiles currently in service with the Air Force\u2019s 163 Squadron. The country has not disclosed the number of systems it ordered. However, Sweden<\/a>\u2019s Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in its annually updated arms trade register that Singapore acquired two systems and 200 Aster 30 missiles, with a reported contract value of \u20ac651 million (U.S. $805 million).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The think tank also reported that one system and 100 Aster 30 missiles were delivered in 2017, with an industry source corroborating for Defense News the number of systems delivered so far. The source was unable to comment on the number of missiles delivered. A typical system comprises four to six missile-launch units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe RSAF has taken delivery of the Aster 30 missile system,\u201d a Singapore Ministry of Defence spokesperson told Defense News in a statement, adding that the system is undergoing local testing and integration into Singapore\u2019s enhanced Island Air Defence system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Aster 30\u2019s weapon is a vertically launched, two-stage, 16-foot surface-to-air missile weighing 990 pounds. The solid-propellant booster shapes the missile trajectory in the direction of the target before separating a few seconds after the launch, with the missile inertially guided up to the midcourse phase using refreshed target data transmitted by the engagement module through the multifunction radar, before switching to an electromagnetic active seeker in the terminal homing phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MBDA lists the Aster 30 as having a range in excess of 100 kilometers, or about 63 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This screen grab of the Republic of Singapore Air Force’s video shows a close up of the Aster 30 launchers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Manufacturer MBDA describes the SAMP\/T, which stands for Sol-Air Moyenne Port\u00e9e\/Terrestre in French, or Surface-to-Air Medium Range\/Land, as a mobile anti-aircraft defense weapon for protection of deployed forces and sensitive sites against missile threats, including cruise, stand-off and ballistic missiles, as well as aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\t