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Starstreak is a British short-range surface-to-air missile that can be used as a man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS) or used in heavier systems. It is manufactured by Thales Air Defence (formerly Shorts Missile Systems) in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
10 battery of Starstreak missile system [120] equipped with lightweight multiple launcher (LML) and LML-NG (Next Generation) mounted on Land Rover Defender and URO Vamtac LTV, RapidRanger Multi-Mission Launcher (MMS) mounted on URO Vamtac ST5, and CONTROLMaster 200 radar/command station as part of Thales ForceShield Integrated Air Defence ...
The Starstreak SP HVM is mounted on the Alvis Stormer tracked vehicle with an eight-round launcher and internal stowage for a further 12 missiles. The Starstreak HVM (High Velocity Missile) is designed to counter threats from very high performance, low-flying aircraft and fast 'pop up' strikes by helicopters. [123]
Starstreak, LMM and Saab NLAWs already procured from Thales by the UK Ministry of Defence were sent to Ukraine as aid. Missiles manufactured at the Thales plant in east Belfast (Thales/PA)
Starstreak meanwhile is an anti-air missile and travels at more than three times the speed of sound. It can be shoulder-mounted, attached to a vehicle, or fired from a ground launcher.
UK has sent Starstreak anti-air missile systems, among other weapons (PA) At the NATO and G7 leader’s meeting on March 24, Rishi Sunak announced a further 6,000 defensive missiles would be ...
10 AA Regiment participated in the first live firing of Starstreak missiles on African soil. This firing took place at the Denel Overberg Test Range.. On 24 September 2020, General Officer Commanding Interim Provincial Command KwaZulu-Natal, Brigadier General Siphiwo Dlomo, visited the incoming Bravo Company of 10 Anti-Aircraft Regiment at Ndumo, where it was arriving to take part in South ...
Ukrainian ground troops have also been using Starstreak surface-to-air missiles supplied by the UK to defend themselves against aerial assaults for several weeks, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace ...