The Crotale is a French all weather short range air defense surface to air missile system developed to intercept airborne threats ranging from cruise or anti ship missiles to helicopters, uncrewed aerial vehicles, and low flying high performance fighter aircraft. It was developed by Thomson CSF Matra and is fielded in a mobile land based variant as well as several naval variants. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Weapon ClassSurface-to-air missile system 1 Introduced Year Weapon Class
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Surface-to-air missile system
Wikidata, P729 service entry
1971-00-00T00:00:00Z
Used In: South African Border War, Infobox: wars
Chadian-Libyan conflict South African Border War Russian invasion of Ukraine
Operated By: French Armed Forces, Wikipedia article text
However, the achievements of the system impressed the French Armed Forces, who purchased the system both for the air force and for the navy.
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