The AS-30 is a French air-to-ground missile built by Nord Aviation, intended for precision attacks on high-value targets such as bridges and bunkers. It was essentially a scaled-up version of the earlier AS-20 and at first reused that missile's manual command guidance, in which the pilot had to follow the weapon visually and steer it with a small joystick while also flying the aircraft, a method that proved difficult in practice. The later AS-30L variant replaced this with semi-active laser homing, so the missile can fly to its target without operator input. Around sixty AS-30L rounds were fired during Operation Desert Storm and Operation Deliberate Force. The source article describes the missile as entering service in 1960 and credits it with a range of roughly three to eleven kilometres.
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Aérospatiale
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The AS-30 was an air-to-ground missile built by Nord Aviation.
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1960(AS-30)
Operated By: French Armed Forces, Operational life
The AS-30L was deployed by French SEPECAT Jaguar aircraft during Operation Desert Storm in Iraq
Used In: Iran-Iraq War, Operational life [used-in]
The AS-30L was deployed by Iraqi Mirage F1 aircraft during the Iran-Iraq War.
Used In: Gulf War, Operational life
The AS-30L was deployed by French SEPECAT Jaguar aircraft during Operation Desert Storm in Iraq
In Group: Air-to-Ground Missiles and Guided Bombs, Infobox: type
short-to-medium range air-to-ground missile
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