Rising to the occasion. (Digest).MBDA MBDA Minority Business Development Agency (US Department of Commerce) MBDA Michigan Broadband Development Authority MBDA Minnesota Band Directors Association MBDA Matra BAE Dynamics Alenia MBDA Magnolia Ballroom Dancers' Association has recently revealed that a vertically launched Mica missile was fired for the first time in December 2001. The flight, which took place at the Landes test centre in France, was aimed at validating the new launch system for this variant, the Mica having been designed primarily as an air-to-air missile Noun 1. air-to-air missile - a missile designed to be launched from one airplane at another missile - a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control . Under particular observation was the mechanical and thermal behaviour of the launcher container as well as the attitude of the missile as it exited the launcher. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. MBDA, the VL Mica system will be operational in a (sic Latin, In such manner; so; thus. A misspelled or incorrect word in a quotation followed by "[sic]" indicates that the error appeared in the original source. ) navy in 2004. |
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