SAMP/T

SAMP/T (Sol-Air Moyenne-Portée/Terrestre, French for "Surface-to-Air Medium-Range/Land-based") is a mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed as a joint French-Italian project. It is capable of defending against aircraft, cruise missiles, and tactical ballistic missiles. In September 2025, Denmark announced that it would be purchasing two SAMP/T systems as the long-range component of its integrated ground-based air defence systems.^[3]

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Sol-Air Moyenne-Portée/Terrestre
Italian SAMP/T launcher firing an Aster missile
Type	Mobile surface-to-air missile/anti-ballistic missile system
Place of origin	France / Italy
Service history
Used by	See § Operators
Wars	Russo-Ukrainian war
Production history
Designer	Eurosam (joint venture between Thales and MBDA)
Designed	1990
Manufacturer	Eurosam (joint venture between Thales and MBDA)
Produced	1997–present
Variants	See § Variants
Specifications

Operational range	SAMP/T: 100 km (max) against air-breathing targets^[1] SAMP/T NG: 150 km (max) against air-breathing targets^[2]
Maximum speed	Aster missile: 5,560 km/h (Mach 4.5)

Development

Design of SAMP/T started in 1990 with the goal of producing an all-European long-range ground-based air defence system as a counterpart to the US Patriot missile system. Production began in 1997 and the first systems were delivered to the French and Italian armies for operational evaluation in 2008. Full operation began in France in 2010 and Italy in 2012.^[4]

Design

Summarize

Perspective

The SAMP/T system is designed around 4–6 launchers holding eight vertically-launched Aster 30 missiles each, one multi-function radar, and one engagement module for battery command and control. A crew of 14 is required per four-launcher battery. All components are designed to be mounted on 8x8 trucks, making the system fully air-transportable by C-130 or similar aircraft.^[1]

SAMP/T is capable of tracking 100 aerial targets and engaging 10 simultaneously.^[4] The use of Aster 30 missiles provides SAMP/T with the ability to intercept tactical ballistic missiles and hypersonic cruise missiles.^[5] It can engage air-breathing targets and cruise missiles at ranges of up to 100 km (62 mi), and can intercept tactical ballistic missiles fired from more than 600 km away when provided long-range cueing data from an external system.^[1]

SAMP/T NG was designed with an extended engagement capability, providing 360° and full zenithal coverage. It can be purchased with the French Thales GF 300 radar or the Italian Kronos GMHP radar.^[3] SAMP/T NG can engage air-breathing targets at a range of 150 km (93 mi) and at 25 km (82,000 ft) altitude, and it can track up to 1000 targets.^[2] The system has a typical crew of 20 per battery,^[2] although once the system is encamped only three people are required to operate it.^[6]

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Operational history

Russo-Ukrainian war

France and Italy each donated a SAMP/T system in 2023 to Ukraine to aid its defence during the Russo-Ukrainian War, with Italy announcing a third system would be donated in 2025.^[8]^[9] On 11 March 2025, it was announced that a SAMP/T system had shot down a Russian Sukhoi aircraft.^[8]

Development

Design

Variants

SAMP/T

SAMP/T NG

Operational history

Russo-Ukrainian war

Operators

Current

Future

References

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