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 "slug": "rheinmetall-lig-skynex-c-pgm-eshorad-glide-bomb-interceptor",
 "title": "Rheinmetall and LIG Plan a 20 km SAAM-Based Skynex Interceptor Against Russian Glide Bombs",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/rheinmetall-lig-skynex-c-pgm-eshorad-glide-bomb-interceptor/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/rheinmetall-lig-skynex-c-pgm-eshorad-glide-bomb-interceptor/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-06-19T23:26:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:54:18.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParis, 19 June 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * At Eurosatory, Rheinmetall and South Korea's LIG Defense and Aerospace detailed the first concrete product of their planned joint venture: a new guided interceptor, designated C-PGM/ESHORAD, integrated into Rheinmetall's gun-based Skynex air-defence system\n * The effector is sized for a roughly 20 km range and a 6–7 km ceiling, built on LIG's Korean SAAM missile, and aimed at Russian glide bombs as well as aircraft and helicopters\n * LIG says th",
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 "entities": [
  "germany",
  "rheinmetall",
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