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Air Staff Target (AST) 1238: assessment studies; target acquisition and aircraft...

Catalogue reference: AVIA 6/25990

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This record is about the Air Staff Target (AST) 1238: assessment studies; target acquisition and aircraft... dating from 1983 Jul 01 - 1983 Jul 31 in the series Ministry of Defence and predecessors: Royal Aircraft Factory, later Royal Aircraft.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
AVIA 6/25990
Date
1983 Jul 01 - 1983 Jul 31
Description

Air Staff Target (AST) 1238: assessment studies; target acquisition and aircraft avionics performance assumptions

Note
AST 1238 was an Air Staff Target for a line-of-sight weapon system capable of killing 5 out of a company of 10 main battle tanks in a single pass, ideally carried in sufficient numbers to allow 2 such engagements per aircraft sortie
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
AST 1238 Working Paper 18; D/RAE(F)AW3/4/5/1/1
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11509935/

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