Design and configuration
The launcher carries a vertical-launch canister module on a truck. The 3D illustration represents that vehicle, not the footprint of a deployed battery.1
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Air defenceProduced: 1997–presentProfile in progress
SAMP/T is a European ground-based air-defence system using the Aster missile family. Its equipment is distributed between command, radar and launcher vehicles.
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Mobile surface-to-air missile / anti-ballistic missile system
France / Italy
See § Operators
Russo-Ukrainian war
Eurosam (joint venture between Thales and MBDA )
1990
Eurosam (joint venture between Thales and MBDA)
1997–present
See § Variants
SAMP/T: 120 km (max) against air-breathing targets SAMP/T NG: 150 km (min) against air-breathing targets
Aster missile: 5,560 km/h (Mach 4.5)
SAMP/T is capable of tracking 100 aerial targets and engaging 10 simultaneously. The use of Aster 30 missiles provides SAMP/T with the ability to intercept tactical ballistic missiles and hypersonic cruise missiles. It can engage air-breathing targets and cruise missiles at ranges of up to 120 km (75 mi), and can intercept tactical ballistic missiles fired from more than 600 km away when provided long-range cueing data from an external system.
It can engage air-breathing targets and cruise missiles at ranges of up to 120 km (75 mi), and can intercept tactical ballistic missiles fired from more than 600 km away when provided long-range cueing data from an external system.
SAMP/T NG was designed with an extended engagement capability, providing 360° and full zenithal coverage. It can be purchased with the French Thales GF 300 radar or the Italian Kronos GMHP radar. SAMP/T NG can engage air-breathing targets at ranges beyond 150 km (93 mi) and at altitudes up to 25 km (82,000 ft), and it can track up to 1,000 targets. The system has a typical crew of 20 per battery, although once the system is encamped only three people are required to operate it.
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The system in detail
The launcher carries a vertical-launch canister module on a truck. The 3D illustration represents that vehicle, not the footprint of a deployed battery.1
The baseline system combines Arabel radar with command-and-control equipment and Aster 30 interceptors. Later radar and missile changes belong to the NG configuration.1
This record deliberately separates original SAMP/T from SAMP/T NG. National command links and interceptor versions require their own installation records.1
Compare a complete battery configuration and the target class. Aircraft interception and ballistic-missile defence do not share one interchangeable range number.1
SAMP/T equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
France
SingaporeReported count for SAMP/T. Service scope: Republic of Singapore Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 12 launchers. Source counting unit(s): launchers; no conversion between equipment units. Origin: France / Italy. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Reported count for SAMP/T. Service scope: Republic of Singapore Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 12 launchers. Origin: France / Italy. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.