Defence Trials

TRIGAT Missile Trials

Testing of the TRIGAT Medium Range anti-armour missile was undertaken at Woomera between January and February 1998. The trials were sponsored by the UK Ministry of Defence, and were designed to test the performance of the missile under ‘hot-dry’ conditions. Numerous firings were conducted by an international team comprising British, German, Dutch, French and Belgian soldiers. The WTF was selected for the TRIGAT program in view of the optimum climatic conditions, purpose-built range facilities, available technical and infrastructure support, and safety and security considerations.