MANPADS
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Man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS), second generation
Successor to the SA-7 (1974) with a nitrogen-cooled seeker. It is more sensitive, also sees the warm airframe and gives a limited head-on capability. Used in more than 30 countries and by non-state groups (Hezbollah, Houthis, IS). Known hits: a British Sea Harrier over Bosnia (1994) and a DHL cargo aircraft at Baghdad (2003), which still landed safely.
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- Missile (L × Ø, span)
- 9M36: 1.47 m × Ø 75 mm; 10.3 kg
- System
- 16 kg ready to fire
- Dimension source
- Wikipedia; WEG (ODIN)
General
- Role
- Last layer, man-portable
- Manufacturer
- KBM (Kolomna)
- In service
- January 1974
- Users
- incl. Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Cuba; Hezbollah, Houthis, IS
- System weight
- 16 kg; missile 10.3 kg, length 1.47 m
Weapon
- Missile
- 9M36
- Guidance
- Infrared, nitrogen-cooled PbS seeker (≈ 2–4.3 µm); limited all-aspect
- Range
- ≈ 2.4 NM (max)
- Altitude
- ≈ 100 ft – 9,840 ft; against jets ≈ 5,900 ft
- Speed
- 470 m/s
- Warhead
- ≈ 1.17 kg directed blast-fragmentation (390 g HMX)
Warning & threat
- RWR
- No — passive; only a MAWS sees the launch
- Combat record
- Abkhazia 1992–93, Bosnia 1994 (Sea Harrier), DR Congo 1998 (Il-76), Baghdad 2003 (DHL A300 hit), Basra 2006 (Lynx)
- Countermeasure
- Altitude, flares, DIRCM, IR discipline
- Threat level
- Medium — better than the SA-7, but flare-susceptible
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