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itself, with the user only having to make coarse aim corrections. Because there are no radio data links from the ground to the missile, the missile cannot be effectively jammed after it is launched. Even though beam-riding missiles require relatively extensive training and skill to operate, many experts consider these missiles particularly menacing due to the missiles' resistance to most conventional countermeasures in use today.
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thermal signatures from background sources, including the sun, which many experts feel makes them somewhat unreliable, and they are prone to erratic behaviour in the terminal phase of engagement. While less effective than more modern weapons, they remain common in irregular forces as they are not limited by the short shelf-life of gas coolant cartridges used by later systems.
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Footnote 1 in original source (CRS RL31741): "Shoulder-fired SAMs have been used effectively in a variety of conflicts ranging from the Arab-Israeli Wars, Vietnam, the Iran-Iraq War, to the
Falklands Conflict, as well as conflicts in Nicaragua, Yemen, Angola, and Uganda, the Chad-Libya Conflict, and
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can engage aircraft from all angles and only require the operator to continuously track the target using a joystick to keep the laser aim point on the target: the latest version of RBS 70 features a tracking engagement mode where fine aim adjustments of the laser emitter are handled by the launcher
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CLOS missile because it was too difficult to learn to use and highly inaccurate, particularly when employed against fast-moving jet aircraft. Given these considerations, many experts believe that CLOS missiles are not as ideally suited for untrained personnel use as IR missiles, which sometimes are
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The missiles are about 1.5 to 1.8 m (5 to 6 ft) in length and weigh about 17 to 18 kg (37 to 40 lb), depending on the model. MANPADS generally have a target detection range of about 10 km (6 mi) and an engagement range of about 6 km (4 mi), so aircraft flying
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from background noise. This means they are only capable of accurately tracking the aircraft from the rear when the engines are fully exposed to the missile's seeker and provide a sufficient thermal signature for engagement. First generation IR missiles are also highly susceptible to interfering
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Although most MANPADS are owned and accounted for by governments, political upheavals and corruption have allowed thousands of them to enter the black market. In the years 1998–2018, at least 72 non-state groups have fielded MANPADS. Civilians in the United States cannot legally own MANPADS.
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remarked that there was "no threat more serious to aviation" than the missiles, which can be used to shoot down helicopters and commercial airliners, and are sold illegally for as little as a few hundred dollars. The U.S. has led a global effort to dismantle these weapons, with over 30,000
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Balkans Conflict in the 1990s. Some analysts claim that Afghan mujahedin downed 269 Soviet aircraft using 340 shoulder-fired SAMs during the Soviet-Afghan War and that 12 of 29 Allied aircraft shot down during the 1991 Gulf War were downed by MANPADS."
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Kingdom, the United States, Poland, Sweden, Russia, and Iran produce man-portable air defense systems. Possession, export, and trafficking of such weapons is tightly controlled, due to the threat they pose to
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groups have used them against commercial airliners. These missiles, affordable and widely available through a variety of sources, have been used successfully over the past three decades both in military conflicts and by terrorist organizations.
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MANPADS use beam-riding guidance where a sensor in the missile's tail detects the emissions from a laser on the launcher and attempts to steer the missile to fly at the exact middle of the beam, or between two beams. Missiles such as Sweden's
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was used to attack Indian aircraft during the Kargil conflict with India. A MiG-27 of the Indian Air Force was shot down by
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detectors to produce a quasi-image of the target. Their seeker compares input from multiple detections bands, either two widely separated IR bands or IR and
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was shot down by a MANPADS over rebel-held territory while conducting airstrikes over Syria's northwestern city of
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using MANPADS. Since then, other instances have been videoed and shared on social media platforms.
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A 9K38 Igla (NATO reporting name: SA-18) dual missile launch platform mounted on a
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210:(A copy of the Soviet Strela-2), are considered "tail-chase weapons" as their uncooled spin-scan
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guidance systems and other advanced sensor systems, which permit engagement at greater ranges.
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Gusinov, "Portable Weapons May Become the Next Weapon of Choice for Terrorists",
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With the growing number of MANPADS attacks on civilian airliners, a number of different
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MANPADS: Combating the Threat to Global
Aviation from Man-Portable Air Defense Systems
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systems have been developed specifically to protect aircraft against the missiles.
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are U.S.-produced systems, developed by Sanders Associates in the 1970s.
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involved 5 civilian aircraft shot down within a total of 4 days in
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at 6,100 metres (20,000 ft) or higher are relatively safe.
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missile just after launch, before the sustainer motor ignites
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G-8 to Take Further Steps to Enhance Transportation Security
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can only discern the superheated interior of the target's
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List of Russian aircraft losses in the Second Chechen War
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1953:"Iraq's Looted Arms Depots: What the GAO Didn't Mention"
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Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) Proliferation
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Third generation infrared MANPADS, such as the French
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Later versions of CLOS missiles, such as the British
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Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
2036:"Iranian TOW Missile Knockoffs Spread to War Zones"
1919:Jehl, Douglas; Sanger, David E. (6 November 2004).
1861:, Federation of American Scientists, archived from
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Countermeasures and Naturelink Aviation, using non-
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Decision No. 7/03: Man-portable Air Defense Systems
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2007 Mogadishu TransAVIAexport Airlines Il-76 crash
807:Bangkok Declaration on Partnership for the Future
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481:List of Coalition aircraft crashes in Afghanistan
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2195:https://fas.org/irp/dia/manpads_components.pdf
792:(WA)22 Elements for Export Controls of MANPADS
714:2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident
390:List of Soviet aircraft losses in Afghanistan
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395:Argentine air forces in the Falklands War
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1741:de Larrinaga, Nicholas (3 May 2014).
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1921:"U.S. Expands List of Lost Missiles"
1772:Mazurenko, Alona (10 October 2022).
1696:from the original on 3 February 2009
1634:from the original on 8 February 2018
1594:"Airframe Details for F-16 #84-1390"
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1557:"Land-Based Air Defence 2003-2004",
948:HS M09 hybrid air-defense system on
876:AN/ALQ-212 ATIRCM, AN/AAQ-24 Nemesis
672:1998 Lionair Flight LN 602 shootdown
612:Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army
602:1978 Air Rhodesia Viscount shootdown
493:: On 19 August 2002, a Russian-made
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2109:Kolukısa, Hasan (30 August 2020).
1984:"Where Have All the MANPADS Gone?"
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839:Federation of American Scientists
803:Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
801:of 2 June 2003, the October 2003
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539:MANPADS were used by Georgia
405:On 27 February 1991, during
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1820:Northrop Grumman fact sheet
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491:2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash
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324:in the 1980s cite Afghan
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759:2007 Battle of Mogadishu
744:TransAVIAexport Airlines
652:and Burundian president
644:one of the wings of the
463:Army of Republika Srpska
2259:Surface-to-air missiles
2070:Washingtoninstitute.org
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1220:9K338 ' Igla-S' (SA-24)
1205:9K36 'Strela-3' (SA-14)
1200:9K32M 'Strela-2' (SA-7)
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693:surface-to-air missiles
608:Air Rhodesia Flight 827
579:Against cruise missiles
155:SAM fired from a M1097
57:surface-to-air missiles
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1839:"MANPADS at a Glance"
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1537:Washington Diplomat
1381:5 June 2008 at the
1215:9K38 'Igla' (SA-18)
650:Juvénal Habyarimana
640:On 6 April 1994, a
556:Major Roman Filipov
1926:The New York Times
1865:on 6 November 2010
1825:2007-10-30 at the
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1659:The New York Times
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1570:CRS RL31741 page 3
1513:CRS RL31741 page 2
1418:Arms Control Today
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