Ukraine Supacat HMT air defense systems with AIM-132 missiles

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The Ukrainian army began using British Supacat HMT air defense systems with AIM-132 ASRAAM missiles. These air defense systems were developed in the UK on an urgent basis, based on Supacat HMT (6x6) armored trucks. As air defense, the trucks were equipped with an installation with two AIM-132 aircraft missiles, developed by MBDA in 1998. The air defense system has only two missiles; due to the risk of damaging the missiles, spare missiles were not deployed. The AIM-132 aircraft missile is equipped with an infrared seeker with the ability to track a target before and after launch. It is unknown whether the air defense missile system received the function of additional missile guidance to the target. The missile's flight range during an air launch is presumably up to 50 kilometers, and about 20 kilometers during a ground launch. The missile weighs 88 kg and has a warhead weighing 10 kg. The Supacat HMT air defense system is equipped with an electro-optical detection station extendable on the mast; visually there is no radar on the air defense system. The proposed design is easy to manufacture and low cost, the cost of the AIM-132 missile is about 200,000 pounds sterling