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Specifications - Crotale NG Multi-Mission Air Defense Missile System, France
| Turret | |
| turret weight | approximately 4 tonnes |
| turret drive | electrical |
| drive speed azimuth | 5 radians per second |
| drive speed elevation | 1 radian per second |
| surveillance radar | |
| Frequency | S-band pulse doppler surveillance radar |
| Modes | sectored surveillance, search-on-the-move |
| IFF | built-in iff antenna. |
| Range | 20 km |
| altitude coverage | 0 to 5,000 metres |
| eccm features | |
| low side lobes | |
| frequency agility | |
| pulse compression | |
| CFAR | |
| strobe on jam. | |
| tracking radar | |
| Frequency | Ku-band twt single pulse doppler tracking radar |
| beam width | 1.20 degrees |
| Range | up to 30 kilometres |
| eccm features | |
| low side lobes | |
| frequency agility | |
| pulse compression | |
| CFAR | |
| jammer tracking | |
| thermal camera | |
| Range | up to 19 kilometres. |
| wide field of view | 8.1 degrees in azimuth and 5.4 degrees in elevation |
| narrow field of view | 2.7 degrees in azimuth and 1.8 degrees in elevation |
| daylight ccd camera | |
| Range | up to 15 kilometres. |
| field of view | 2.4 degrees azimuth and 1.8 degrees elevation |
| infrared (IR) localiser | mounted below the ccd camera for missile gathering |
| VT1 hypervelocity missile | |
| Speed | mach 3.5 plus |
| Manoeuvrability, load factors | up to 35 g |
| target range | 11 km |
| target ceiling | over 6,000 metres |
| Guidance | command to line of sight (CLOS) guidance |
| Warhead | focused blast and fragmentation warhead |
| Fuse | rf proximity fuse |
| lethal blast radius | 8 metres |
| interception time | 10.3 seconds for target distance of 8 km |
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