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Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS or MPADS) are portable shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles. They are guided weapons and are a threat to low-flying aircraft , especially helicopters and also used against low-flying cruise missiles .
Sungur is a fifth-generation [3] man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) designed for short-range air defense of mobile/fixed units and facilities on the battlefield and in the rear area man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS). Developed by Roketsan, it is the country's first ever Man-Portable Air Defence System (MANPADS). Entering service ...
The FIM-92 Stinger is an American man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) that operates as an infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM). It can be adapted to fire from a wide variety of ground vehicles, and from helicopters and drones as the Air-to-Air Stinger (ATAS).
The Qian Wei-2 (or Vanguard 2, in its export designation) is the third generation of man-portable missiles built by the Shenyang firm Hangtian Xinle Ltd. It is difficult to determine exactly when it was put into service, but it probably came into operation between 1998 and 2002. The QW-2 was first revealed in 1998 at the Farnborough Airshow.
'Red Tassel-5'; NATO reporting name: CH-SA-3 [1]) is a family of first generation Chinese man-portable air-defense systems based on Soviet technology. The HN abbreviation is used to avoid confusion with the HY ( H ai Y ing, or Sea Eagle) series anti-ship missiles of the Silkworm missile family.
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'Flying Crossbow-6'; NATO reporting name: CH-SA-10) [1] is a third-generation passive infrared homing (IR) man portable air defence system (MANPADS). Development from HN-5 missile, FN-6 missile is an export-oriented product and one of the China's most advanced shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile offered on the international market. Specially ...
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