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361:(LOAL). LOBL is the older, more conventional mode of missile launching, where a target must be illuminated by the launch platform before launch. LOAL in contrast allows the launch platform to launch the missile with or without being in sight of the target. For the SAL version, this allows either the launch platform to move into place and illuminate the target only immediately before a missile strikes a target, or allows an observer on the ground equipped with a laser designator to guide a missile. This method of launch greatly reduces the exposure time of the launch platform to enemy fire. 467: 27: 135: 373:. The first air-launched tests from a Rooivalk helicopter took place in 1999, with the first guided tests following in 2000. As of 2005 the missile's development is virtually complete, and the first batches are currently being delivered to the SA Air Force's Rooivalk squadron. However, due to budgetary constraints the 389:
Though mainly designed to be launched from a helicopter, the Mokopa has been tested on a variety of platforms, including mounting it on light armoured vehicles, ships, and small boats. For the latter purpose, the Mokopa is available with an
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360 million deal, according to SIPRI. These are destined for use aboard its Lynx naval helicopters that will be deployed on its new Meko A-200 frigates. According to
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An anti-ship warhead is also available for customers who wish to use the Mokopa as a ship-board defence weapon, or as the armament of specialised ship-board helicopters.
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It also has a long range for an anti-tank missile; at 10 km (6.2 mi) it is greater than the published range of most current competitors, including the
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Full scale development of the Mokopa began in November 1996, due to a long-term United States arms embargo against South Africa blocking acquisition of the US
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The missile is considered to be very accurate, with an accuracy believed to match that of the company's other anti-tank missile, the
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either on the launch platform or elsewhere; though there are alternative guidance packages available including a millimetre-wave
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helicopters were conducting flight tests in 2014 armed with Mokopa anti-armour missiles.
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All variants of the Mokopa feature two launch modes, lock-on before launch (LOBL) and
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Fixed wing aircraft, helicopter, ground vehicles, boats, ships
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has decided to stop the integration of the weapon onto the
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Air-to-surface
Denel Dynamics
Tandem-charge
high-explosive anti-tank
RHA
Solid-fuel rocket
Semi-active laser homing
millimetre wave radar seeker
anti-tank guided missile
South African Air Force
Rooivalk
helicopters
Denel Dynamics
semi-active laser
laser designator
radar
infrared
lock-on after launch

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