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Israel courts Turkey for LORA programme

Israel is seeking an international partner for joint development of the MLM Division of Israel Aircraft Industries' (IAI's) LORA (Long-Range Artillery) surface-to-surface guided missile (SSM). A full-size LORA prototype was shown to Turkish defence minister Mehmet Vecdi Gönül during his visit to IAI on 5 May 2005.

While IAI hopes to sell the LORA to export customers and the Israel Defence Force, so far there have been no sales. However, Israel already has extensive defence co-operation with Turkey, and that nation is interested in acquiring an SSM capability.

While the types of warhead able to be delivered by LORA were not specified, the main types are likely to be submunitions or blast-fragmentation, perhaps with anti-radiation terminal homing. LORA's performance suggests that the weapon is intended to carry out the roles previously performed by US-built MGM-52 Lance SSMs and truck-mobile versions of Standard anti-radiation missiles.

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