German Luftwaffe's Panavia Tornado fighter attack aircraft has successfully test fired TAURUS KEPD 350 air-launched cruise missile. The Williams P8300-15 turbofan powers the Taurus KEPD 350 air launched cruise missile which has a range of over 500 km and has a maximum speed of 0.8~0.9 Mach.
The 1400 kg air launched cruise missile can carry a warhead of 500kgs to destroy its targets with pinpoint accuracy achieved through the combination of Inertial Navigation System, Global Positioning System and Image Based Navigation.
The Taurus KEPD 350 can be carried by the Tornado, Eurofighter Typhoon, Gripen and F/A-18 fighter jets.
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