MANPADS What are they and how do they work?

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MANPADSWhat are they and how do they work?

• Mr Chris Hughes
• UK Ministry of Defence

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MANPADS?

• M A N
• Portable
• Air
• Defence
• System

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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

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CONFIDENTIAL
MANPADS Damage
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MANPADS Components
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MANPADS Missile Components
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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

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Damage to Large Aircraft
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DHL A-300 cargo aircraft hit by a MANPADS on 22
November 2003 whilst taking off from Baghdad
International Airport
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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

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CREWPADS?

• CREW
• Portable
• Air
• Defence
• System

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CREWPADS Producers?

• UK Starburst, Starstreak
• Sweden RBS-70, RBS-90
• France Mistral
• also
• USA Stinger variants
• Russia Igla-S as Strelets
• Poland - Grom

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Dismounted, or mounted on vehicle
MISTRAL
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Thank you for listening
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