Transcript Document 7780734

MANPADS
What are they and how do they work?
Mr Chris Hughes
UK Ministry of Defence
MANPADS?
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 Portable
 Air
 Defence
 System
What is a MANPADS?
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Purpose?
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Legitimate military weapon, employed for Point Defence of vital
assets and self-protection against air attack
Almost all use Passive Infrared homing guidance
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Locks onto heat sources such as aircraft engines
Fire and forget, passive system
Performance?
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Range: out to 5 km/3 miles
Altitude: up to 3,500m/11,500 ft Above Ground Level
CONFIDENTIAL
MANPADS Damage
MANPADS Components
BCU (disposable)
Gripstock (reusable)
Launch Tube (disposable)
Missile (preloaded in tube)
MANPADS Missile Components
Guidance Unit &
Control Fins
IR Seeker
Warhead
Stabilising
Fins
Propulsion Module
Eject Motor
How to fire a MANPADS
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Method of Operation
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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
DHL A-300 cargo aircraft
hit by a MANPADS on
22 November 2003 whilst
taking off from Baghdad
International Airport
MANPADS Producers?
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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?
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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
MISTRAL
Thank you for listening…
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