Home›Missiles And Guided Munitions›Man-Portable Air Defense SystemsGroupMan-Portable Air Defense SystemsThis group collects the Missiles And Guided Munitions subcategory's man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS): shoulder-launched, individually carried surface-to-air missiles designed to be fired by a single soldier against low-flying aircraft and helicopters, most using infrared homing guidance. Its 10 members are kept separate from the sibling Surface-to-Air and Air Defense Missiles group because a MANPADS is a fundamentally different scale of system, carried and fired by one person rather than mounted on a vehicle or fixed installation, with correspondingly different range, warhead size and doctrine.FactsBrowse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1965 1Browse ByAll Man-Portable Air Defense SystemsMan-Portable Air Defense Systems15 entriesMan-Portable Air Defense SystemsFilter Results15 entriesWeapon FamilyAllMan-Portable Air Defense Systems (15)Weapon Type or ClassAllguided missile (3)Man-portable air-defense system (1)Man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) (1)Man-portable loitering munition (1)Man-portable surface-to-air missile (3)Man-portable surface-to-air missile (MANPADS) (1)Man-portable/Vehicle-mounted surface-to-air missile (1)missile (2)Introduced EraAll1962 (1)1968 (1)1975 (1)1981 (3)1983 (1)1989 (2)1990 (1)1992 (1)1997 (1)2000 (1)2005 (1)2011 (1)2014 (1)Service StatusAllIn Service (12)Retired (2)Under Development (1)OperatorAllBritish Army (3)Canadian Army (1)People's Liberation Army (1)United States Army (2)United States Marine Corps (1)United States Navy (1)Wars Used InAllAngolan Civil War (2)Bosnian War (1)Falklands War (3)Gulf War (5)Iran-Iraq War (3)Iraq War (3)Kargil War (3)Russo-Ukrainian War (5)Second Chechen War (3)Soviet-Afghan War (4)Sri Lankan Civil War (3)Syrian Civil War (5)Vietnam War (1)War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) (3)Yugoslav Wars (3)ManufacturerAllAeroVironment (1)AVIC I (1)Bharat Dynamics Limited (1)China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited (1)China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (1)General Dynamics Corporation (3)KBM (1)Khan Research Laboratories (1)Raytheon (2)Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (1)Thales Air Defence (3)BrowseCompareSelect all 159K38 IglaMissiles And Guided Munitions9 linksAeroVironment SwitchbladeMissiles And Guided Munitions4 linksAnza (missile)Missiles And Guided Munitions2 linksBlowpipe MissileMissiles And Guided Munitions3 linksFIM-43 RedeyeMissiles And Guided Munitions4 linksFIM-92 StingerMissiles And Guided Munitions13 linksFN-6Missiles And Guided Munitions2 linksHJ-12Missiles And Guided MunitionsMisagh-2Missiles And Guided MunitionsMPATGMMissiles And Guided MunitionsQW missileMissiles And Guided Munitions1 linkStarburst (missile)Missiles And Guided Munitions3 linksStarstreak MissileMissiles And Guided Munitions2 linksStinger MissileMissiles And Guided Munitions16 linksTY-90Missiles And Guided MunitionsSources1. Wikipedia: Man-portable air-defense systemtier 2WikipediaMan-portable air-defense system, First generation, Infrared sectionQuote, Man-portable air-defense system, First generation, Infrared sectionThe first missiles deployed in the 1960s were infrared missiles.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.