With its long range and especially precise guidance capabilities, the Israeli-made EXTRA missile currently in service with the Vietnam People's Navy is considered one of the best missiles in Southeast Asia today.
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| Israel's defense industry always has military products that even the US has to admire their inventions. They always produce to serve domestic needs and export. |
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| With a relatively good relationship, especially in defense, between the two countries has been extremely developed in recent times. In addition to providing weapons, Israel also helps Vietnam upgrade existing weapons. Currently, this country is Vietnam's second largest military partner providing weapons, after Russia. |
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| The EXTRA guided missile product is one of the powerful weapons equipped for the Vietnam People's Navy. EXTRA is the abbreviation of the phrase Extended Range Artillery, a type of high-precision anti-ground rocket artillery jointly manufactured by IAI and IMI of Israel. |
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| The launcher can be mounted on a truck for increased mobility or on land at fixed launch positions. The EXTRA missile has a diameter of 300 mm, a length of 4.4 m, and a launch weight of 450 kg. It is guided to the target by a GPS navigation system. |
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| The EXTRA missile can attack targets 150 km away with a CEP of only 10 m, carrying a 120 kg warhead. In terms of range, EXTRA is shorter than the US ATACMS or China's WS-2 systems but is superior in accuracy. |
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| Specifically, ATACMS has a range of 300 km but CEP of about 50 m, while the WS-2 system has a range of 200 km but CEP of up to 600 m. Thanks to its high accuracy, EXTRA is an effective weapon to prevent enemy seaborne landings. |
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| Typically the EXTRA missile is mounted and launched on a Lynx rocket launcher system. This system can be configured with a four- or two-round launcher depending on the mission requirements. |
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| To date, the EXTRA rocket system is still Vietnam's most powerful multiple launch rocket and also one of the most accurate rockets in the Southeast Asian region. |
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| Currently, precision-guided missiles are actively operating in the Vietnam Navy, with advantages in destruction and high accuracy, posing a threat to any enemy that dares to look into Vietnam's waters. |
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