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Javelin is a British man-portable surface-to-air missile, formerly used by the British Army and Canadian Army. It can be fired from the shoulder, or from a dedicated launcher named the Lightweight Multiple Launcher (LML), that carries three rounds, and can be vehicle mounted. The missile is an updated version of the earlier Blowpipe of the 1970s.
The FGM-148 Javelin, or Advanced Anti-Tank Weapon System-Medium (AAWS-M), is an American-made man-portable anti-tank system in service since 1996 and continuously upgraded. It replaced the M47 Dragon anti-tank missile in US service. [11]
Blowpipe (missile) [37] – Man portable surface-to-air missile from 1975 til 1985; Rapier (missile) [38] – Came into service at the start of 1970s and at the end replaced Bofors and thunderbird. Used until 2022. Javelin (surface-to-air missile) [39] – Man portable surface-to-air missile replacing Blowpipe in use from 1984 to 1993.
The weapons package will include the High Mobility Artillery Rocket (HIMAR) system, but not HIMAR ammunition, and 155 mm artillery shells, drones and Javelin surface-to-air missiles, the official ...
Blowpipe was replaced by the Javelin surface-to-air missile, which was of a generally similar design but with an improved performance and a semi-automatic guidance system – the operator now controls the missile by keeping the target in his sight, and the aiming unit steers the missile to remain centred in the sight. A computer in the missile ...
The 1978 Air Rhodesia Viscount shootdown is the first example of a civilian airliner shot down by a man-portable surface-to-air missile. The pilot of the aircraft managed to make a controlled crash landing. Air Rhodesia Flight 827 was also shot down in February 1979 by the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army with a Strela 2 missile. All 59 ...
Precision and Air defense munitions drove the increase, including large orders for Javelin, guided multiple launch rockets and joint air-to-surface standoff and long-range antiship missions ...
Carried by the English Electric Lightning and Gloster Javelin. In RAF service from 1957 to 1988. ... Tigercat - Short range surface-to-air missile system. Operated by ...