Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) is displaying for the
first time its LORA (Long-Range Artillery)
Eurosatory: IAI reveals LORA
By Alon Ben-David JDW Correspondent
Tel Aviv
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) is displaying for the first time
its LORA (Long-Range Artillery) surface-to-surface guided missile
(SSM) at the Eurosatory exhibition in Paris from 12-16 June.
IAI will also present a series of previously unveiled C4ISR systems
and is seeking to establish itself at the exhibition as a land
systems integrator, combining data-gathering systems and
weaponry.
The LORA, a single-stage solid-propellant SSM with a range of 250
km, carrying warheads of 400 kg and 600 kg, is described as a
GPS-based guided missile with an accuracy of 5 m circular error of
probability.
After a successful test in the Mediterranean in March 2004, IAI
offered the LORA to India and Turkey, as well as to the Israel
Defence Force, but there has been no decision on procurement.
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