SPEAR miniature cruise missile fired for the first time

The UK Government announced on November 17 that a cruise missile destined for the UK F-35B fleet was successfully fired from a BAE Systems Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 test aircraft. The Typhoon, ZK356 usually home stationed at BAE's facility at Warton fired the new SPEAR next generation turbojet-powered miniature cruise missile at Sweden's Visdel weapons range. This was the first time the MBDA manufactured missile, capable of hitting targets from 100km away was fired from an aircraft. The RAF/Royal Navy F-35Bs