{"id":35175,"date":"2013-11-18T16:10:02","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T16:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=815154d105a2f7e6b7841670af3176bd"},"modified":"2013-11-18T16:10:02","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T16:10:02","slug":"news-story-35-million-contract-sustains-rafs-precision-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=35175","title":{"rendered":"News story: \u00a335 million contract sustains RAF’s precision weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A contract with British defence firm MBDA will guarantee the supply of the weapons for the next 5 years. <\/p>\n

The air-to-ground missiles provide unrivalled capability for pilots, who are able to engage moving and static targets during both the day and the night. <\/p>\n

With a small warhead and precision guidance, using Brimstone<\/a> significantly reduces the risk of collateral damage. <\/p>\n

Manufactured and assembled by MBDA in the UK, the contract will secure 20 specialist jobs at their facilities in Henlow, Bedfordshire, and Lostock, Bolton. <\/p>\n

Carried by RAF<\/abbr> Tornados, Brimstone has been used extensively on operations in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

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Philip Dunne (right), Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, with a Brimstone missile at the Dubai Air Show [Picture: Billypix]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Announcing the contract at the Dubai Air Show, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology Philip Dunne said: <\/p>\n

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Brimstone missiles provide unrivalled precision capability and are key to protecting our forces in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Designed and manufactured in the UK, these weapons have continued to prove their effectiveness on operations.<\/p>\n

This contract will ensure our Brimstone missiles are fully primed for use with the RAF<\/abbr> for years to come.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Air Commodore Mike Quigley, Head of Engineering in the Weapons Operating Centre of MOD<\/abbr>\u2019s Defence Equipment and Support<\/a> organisation, said: <\/p>\n

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Brimstone plays a vital part in our modern and sophisticated arsenal of precision strike weapons and securing this contract means a consistent delivery of weapons to the RAF<\/abbr> as and when they are needed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The missile is currently deployed on the Tornado GR4<\/a>, and the intention is to integrate Brimstone onto the RAF<\/abbr>\u2019s Typhoon<\/a> aircraft and the future Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter<\/a> jets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is investing \u00a335 million to sustain the RAF’s stockpile of Brimstone missiles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}