A nnounced too late for inclusion in our laser guided rocket article in this issue, France, through its TDA rocket and mortar armament specialist, recently presented it latest creation in the field of rockets at Cazaux air force base. Known as the Metric Precision Rocket, it is primarily aimed at providing the Tigre helicopter not only with a high precision strike weapon - metric as the designation implies - but also, and perhaps above all, a means of containing collateral damage within a diameter of about 20 metres.
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