A little over two years ago it was announced that SAAF would buy the IRIS-T air to air missile as an interim solution until development of the South African designed and built A-Darter is complete. At the SAAF parade at Swartkop airfield on Friday 29th January it was seen for the first time in public on a SAAF Gripen.
this missile is the state of the art high kill probability short range air missile with unrivalled performance capabilities which, when coupled to a helmet mounted display can engage air threats in the rear quarter of the aircraft as is the case with the SAAF Gripens
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