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2 Variants 3 Inventory 4 Combat Performance 5 Characteristics 6 See also 7 External link |
Development of the SATCP (Sol Air a Tres Court Portee), the French portable missile later to become the Mistral, began in 1974. Mistral was first deployed in 1988.
The basic Mistral missile is used with a man-portable launch unit. There are also launch units that allow the missile to be fired from armoured vehicles, ships or helicopters (such as the Gazelle or Tiger).