Manpads what are they and how do they work? Mr Chris Hughes

MANPADS What are they and how do they work?

• Mr Chris Hughes

• UK Ministry of Defence

M A N

• M A N

• Portable

• Air

• Defence

• System

What is a MANPADS?

• Purpose?

• Legitimate military weapon, employed for Point Defence of vital assets and self-protection against air attack
• Almost all use Passive Infrared homing guidance
• Locks onto heat sources such as aircraft engines
• Fire and forget, passive system

• Performance?

• Range: out to 5 km/3 miles
• Altitude: up to 3,500m/11,500 ft Above Ground Level

MANPADS Components

MANPADS Missile Components

How to fire a MANPADS

• Method of Operation

• Select and identify suitable target
• Activate Battery Coolant Unit (BCU)
• Lock onto target
• Pull trigger
• Missile launches
• Can be achieved in under 10 seconds by an experienced operator

Damage to Large Aircraft

MANPADS Producers?

• USA – Redeye, Stinger

• Russia – Strela and Igla systems

• China – HN-5, FN-6, QW systems

• N Korea – Strela “clone”, Stinger “clone”, QW “clone”

• Iran – Misagh systems

• Pakistan – Anza systems

• Egypt – Sakr Eye

• UK – Blowpipe

CREWPADS?

• CREW

• Portable

• Air

• Defence

• System

CREWPADS Producers?

• UK – Starburst, Starstreak

• Sweden – RBS-70, RBS-90

• France – Mistral

• also

• USA –Stinger variants

• Russia –Igla-S as “Strelets”

• Poland - Grom

Dismounted, or mounted on vehicle

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