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Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS or MPADS) are portable shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles. They are guided weapons and are a threat to low-flying aircraft, especially helicopters and also used against low-flying cruise missiles. These short-range missiles can also be fired from vehicles, tripods, weapon platforms, and warships.
The FIM-92 Stinger is an American man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) that operates as an infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM). It can be adapted to fire from a wide variety of ground vehicles, and from helicopters and drones as the Air-to-Air Stinger (ATAS).
RBS 70 (Robotsystem 70) is a man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) designed for anti-aircraft warfare in all climate zones and with little to no support from other forces. Originally designed and manufactured by the Swedish defence firm of Bofors Defence (now Saab Bofors Dynamics , since 2000).
The 9K32 Strela-2 (Russian: Cтрела, lit. 'Arrow'; NATO reporting name SA-7 Grail) is a light-weight, shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile or MANPADS system. It is designed to target aircraft at low altitudes with passive infrared-homing guidance and destroy them with a high-explosive warhead.
The General Dynamics FIM-43 Redeye is a man-portable surface-to-air missile system. It uses passive infrared homing to track its target. Production began in 1962 and – in anticipation of the Redeye II, which later became the FIM-92 Stinger – ended in the early 1970s (delivery of the last Redeye for the US Army was completed in July 1971) [2] [3] after about 85,000 rounds had been built.
List of anti-aircraft weapons. See also anti-aircraft warfare. Canada ... Man-portable air-defense systems: Mistral MANPADS; Air-to-air missiles. MICA; Nord AA.20, AA.25;
Raytheon's Stinger missiles are designed to shoot down helicopters and other low-flying aircraft. ... NATO members have so far sent Ukraine 17,000 anti-tank missiles and 2,000 Stinger anti ...
Anti-aircraft gunner of the Russian military base in Tajikistan with the "Verba" MANPADS. The system is in serial production for the Russian Armed Forces, with several ground forces and airborne formations receiving Verbas since 2014. [6]