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AN/TWQ-1 Avenger : 75 Batteries (4/8 ready-to-fire FIM-92 Stinger missiles + .50 caliber machine gun with an electronic trigger that can be fired from both the Remote Control Unit located in the drivers cab, and from the Avenger turret. Provides mobile, short-range air defence for ground units against cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles ...
Egypt: Minelayer: 75 [101] [102] Nather-1/2 Soviet Union: Minelayer: A Soviet UMZ system that could be carried by any 6×4 truck, its successor in the Soviet Union became the GMZ. [103] Husky VMMD (Husky 2G) United States: Mine clearer Fateh 2/3/4 Soviet Union Egypt: Mine clearer: 340 [101] [102] Based on a Soviet T-55 chassis with two mine ...
Storm Shadow [1] [2] France Air-Launched Cruise Missile Talious First foreign user of Talious version AKD-10: China air-to-surface missile Martel (AS 37) UK/France standoff anti-radar missile (AS 37) / air-to-surface (AJ.168) ARMAT: France anti-radar missile Kh-35: Russia anti-ship missile Kh-38: Russia Tactical air-to-surface missile HOT: France
The 9K32 Strela-2 (Russian: Cтрела, lit. 'Arrow'; NATO reporting name SA-7 Grail) is a light-weight, shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile or MANPADS system. It is designed to target aircraft at low altitudes with passive infrared-homing guidance and destroy them with a high-explosive warhead.
The FIM-92 Stinger is a passive surface-to-air missile that can be shoulder-fired by a single operator (although standard military procedure calls for two operators – team chief and gunner). [4] The Stinger was intended to supplant the FIM-43 Redeye system, the principal difference being that, unlike the Redeye, the Stinger can acquire the ...
The 9K38 Igla (Russian: Игла́, "needle", NATO reporting name SA-18 Grouse) is a Soviet/Russian man-portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. A simplified, earlier version is known as the 9K310 Igla-1 (NATO: SA-16 Gimlet), and the latest variant is the 9K338 Igla-S (SA-24 Grinch).
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that the summit would be held in Cairo on March 4 allow for further “logistical and objective preparations.” Palestinians and Arab ...
The missiles are about 1.5 to 1.8 m (5 to 6 ft) in length and weigh about 17 to 18 kg (37 to 40 lb), depending on the model. MANPADS generally have a target detection range of about 10 km (6 mi) and an engagement range of about 6 km (4 mi), so aircraft flying at 6,100 metres (20,000 ft) or higher are relatively safe.