Aster (missile)

Aster missiles are naval surface-to-air missiles, part of the principal anti-air missile system (PAAMS) made by a British-French-Italian joint venture, Europaams SAS. They are the air defense system both on the British Type 45-class and the French-Italian Horizon "air warfare frigates".

There are two variants of the missile, fired from a vertical launch system.
 * Aster 30 (100km range)
 * Aster 15 (30 km range)

It has inertial/datalink midcourse guidance and a J-band active terminal radar.