Air defence missiles
Mistral
- 40 missiles / mo
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- Producing countries
- 1
- Last figure
- Stale · Jun 2025
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Production by scope
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History
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The figures in this chart
| Date | Value | Range | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2022 | 10 | — | Official |
| 27 Nov 2024 | 40 | — | Official |
Promises vs delivery
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Figures and evidence
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France 40
missiles / mo 3
figures
MBDA
40 missiles per month
stated 27 Nov 2024
Output Official highStated for MBDA by Adm. Hervé de Bonnaventure before the Assemblée nationale defence committee, as reached on a ramp “entre 2022 et 2025”.
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Beyond the Aster, we have multiplied by four the number of Mistrals produced per month. Between 2022 and 2025, we have gone from ten missiles a month to forty missiles a month.
B2 Assemblée nationale Commission de la défense nationale et des forces armées, Compte rendu n° 26: Audition, commune, ouverte à la presse, de l’amiral (2S) Hervé de Bonnaventure, conseiller défense de MBDA, de M. Alexandre Dupuy, directeur des activités systèmes de KNDS France, et de M. Alexandre Houlé, directeur de la stratégie de Thales, sur les défis de l’économie de guerre (mercredi 27 novembre 2024) p. 4 21 Jan 2025Quote checked against the document
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10 missiles per month
2022
Output Official highStated for MBDA by Adm. Hervé de Bonnaventure before the Assemblée nationale defence committee, 27 Nov 2024: the 2022 starting point of the Mistral ramp.
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Beyond the Aster, we have multiplied by four the number of Mistrals produced per month. Between 2022 and 2025, we have gone from ten missiles a month
B2 Assemblée nationale Commission de la défense nationale et des forces armées, Compte rendu n° 26: Audition, commune, ouverte à la presse, de l’amiral (2S) Hervé de Bonnaventure, conseiller défense de MBDA, de M. Alexandre Dupuy, directeur des activités systèmes de KNDS France, et de M. Alexandre Houlé, directeur de la stratégie de Thales, sur les défis de l’économie de guerre (mercredi 27 novembre 2024) p. 4 21 Jan 2025Quote checked against the document
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Selles-Saint-Denis MBDA
2,000 missiles total
by 25 Jun 2025
Output Official highThe 2,000th Mistral 3, made at Selles-Saint-Denis and handed to the DGA, as announced by MBDA. A running total of Mistral 3 missiles produced.
- Quote checked against the document
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Across the item
1,500 missiles total
stated 30 Jun 2025
Order target ordered from France Official highJoint purchase by nine European countries through the DGA, as stated by MBDA; the countries are not named.
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Sources
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Facilities
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Selles-Saint-Denis
France · MBDA
operating
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