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France has confirmed its decision to develop a naval surface-to-surface version of the SCALP air-to-surface cruise missile for the French Navy, thus establishing MBDA as Europe's first producer of land attack cruise missiles.
The new French five-year Military Programme Law and defence equipment plan, published in September, cites a cruise missile to be launched from both surface vessels and submarines as the preferred solution to meet the French Navy's future requirement for a sea-based long-range precision attack capability against high value and strategically important land targets. SCALP Naval will be developed to meet...