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MD-620

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AKA: Jericho. Status: Active. First Launch: 1965-02-01. Last Launch: 1968-09-30. Number: 16 . Payload: 750 kg (1,650 lb). Gross mass: 6,700 kg (14,700 lb). Height: 13.40 m (43.90 ft). Diameter: 0.80 m (2.62 ft). Location: Be'er Yaakov, Israel. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

Dassault had opened a missile division in St Cloud on 15 September 1957. In 1962, the French government asked Dassault to develop a ballistic missile on behalf of Israel. The result was the MD 620 Jericho ballistic missile, designed to carry a warhead of a still-classified mass over a range of 500 km. The first test of a single-stage version of the missile took place on 1 February 1 1965 from Ile du Levant. Tests of the two-stage version began on 16 March 1966. The MD 620 was France's first ballistic missile with an airborne digital computer. This program was cancelled in January 1969 following France's weapon embargo on Israel. Dassault achieved valuable experience on the project, becoming familiar with aerodynamic and thermodynamic phenomena at speeds of up to Mach 6, and ballistic missile steering and inertial guidance technology.

The first stage (presumably a solid propellant booster) had a length of 4.05 m and a weight of 1,950 kg, and the second stage (presumably liquid fuelled) had a length of 5.0 m and a weight of 4,100 kg. The payload assembly had a length of 4.35 m and a weight of 650 kg.'

Maximum range: 500 km (310 mi). Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Maximum speed: 6,800 kph (4,200 mph). Initial Operational Capability: 1973. Total Number Built: 100.

• Tir 1 test - . Nation: Israel. Agency: Dassault. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). First launch of prototype single-stage MD.620..

• Test mission - . Nation: Israel. Agency: Dassault. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Test mission - . Nation: Israel. Agency: Dassault. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Test mission - . Nation: Israel. Agency: Dassault. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Test mission - . Nation: Israel. Agency: Dassault. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Bietage test - . Nation: Israel. Agency: Dassault. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). First launch of two-stage version of MD.620..

• Test mission - . Nation: Israel. Agency: Dassault. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Test mission - . Nation: Israel. Agency: Dassault. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Test mission - . Nation: Israel. Agency: Dassault. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Test mission - . Nation: Israel. Agency: Dassault. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Test mission - . Nation: Israel. Agency: Dassault. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Test mission - . Nation: Israel. Agency: Dassault. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Test mission - . Nation: Israel. Agency: Dassault. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Test mission - . Nation: Israel. Agency: Dassault. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Test mission - . Nation: Israel. Agency: Dassault. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Nation: Israel. Agency: Dassault. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Final test launch of Jericho/MD.620 from France. Full French military embargo of Israel took effect in January 1969 after an Israeli raid on Beirut in December 1968..