MAN-PORTABLE AIR-DEFENSE SYSTEMS (MANPADS)

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'Man-portable air-defense systems' ('MANPADS') are shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles. They typically use infra-red guidance and can be a threat to low-flying aircraft and helicopters.
Possession, export and trafficking in such weapons is typically tightly controlled due to the threat they pose to civil aviation, and there has been considerable concern about their use as terrorist weapons, as in the failed 2002 airliner attack.^[1][2]

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Examples

★ Anza (missile)

★ Mistral

★ FIM-43 'Redeye'

★ FIM-92 'Stinger'

★ 9K32M 'Strela-2' (SA-7)

★ RBS 70

★ 9K36 'Strela-3' (SA-14)

★ 9K38 'Igla' (SA-18)

★ 9K310 'Igla-M' (SA-16)

★ KP-SAM "Shin Gung"

★ Blowpipe

★ Javelin

★ Starburst

★ Starstreak

★ Type 91^[3]

★ Type 93

★ China HN-5A/B

★ China QW-1/2

★ China FN-6

★ Iran Misagh-1 and Misagh-2

Notes

★ Man Portable Missiles vs Airliners
1. MANPADS Proliferation - FAS
2. The proliferation of MANPADS - Jane's
3. Type 91 (SAM-2) - FAS

External Links

★ MANPADS Proliferation - links to hundreds of documents on MANPADS, their proliferation, and control efforts

★ Man Portable Missiles vs Airliners

★ Are Helicopters Vulnerable? - Analysis of MANPADS effectivness.

★ Man Portable AIr Defense System - GlobalSecurity.Org article covering period until 1999.

See also

★ Anti-aircraft warfare

★ Aerial countermeasures