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US Navy · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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Measured figures
Length
Single source1.44 m (4 ft 9 in)[source]
Starburst · Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | 9K32 Strela-2 | Starburst (missile) |
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| Type | Man portable surface-to-air missile launcher[source] | Man-portable air-defense system[source]Starburst |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | United Kingdom[source]Starburst |
| In service | 1970–present[source] | 1990 to present[source]Starburst |
| Used by | See operators[source] |
139 centimetres (55 in)[source]Starburst
Strela-2M missile
Single sourcesystem, ready to fire
Single source9.8 kg (21.6 lb) (Strela-2M missile) 15 kg (33.1 lb) (system, ready to fire)[source]
Starburst · Launcher
Single sourceStarburst · Missile
Single sourceMaximum; Strela-2
Single sourceMaximum; Strela-2M
Single source430 m/s (1,400 ft/s) (Strela-2) 500 m/s (1,600 ft/s)(Strela-2M)[source]
Effective; (Strela-2M) (minimal range)
Single sourceMaximum; Strela-2
Single sourceMaximum; Strela-2M
Single source800 m (2,600 ft) (Strela-2M) (minimal range)[source]
3,700 m (12,100 ft) (Strela-2) 4,200 m (13,800 ft) (Strela-2M)[source]
Effective; Starburst · Effective firing range
Single source0.5–7 kilometres (0.19–4.35 mi)[source]Starburst
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
See Operators[source]Starburst |
| Wars | War of Attrition Yom Kippur War Portuguese Colonial War Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War The Troubles Basque conflict Western Sahara War Communist insurgency in Thailand Rhodesian Bush War Nicaraguan Revolution Uganda–Tanzania War Salvadoran Civil War 1982 Lebanon War Lebanese Civil War Iran–Iraq War Gulf War Falklands War Second Sudanese Civil War South African Border War Soviet–Afghan War War in Afghanistan Syrian occupation of Lebanon Yugoslav Wars Iraq War Libyan Civil War Insurgency in Egypt Sinai insurgency Syrian Civil War War in Donbas Yemeni Civil War Libyan Civil War Russo-Ukrainian war Gaza war Iran war[source] | Gulf War[source]Starburst |
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| Designer | KBM ( Kolomna )[source] | Thales Air Defence and Thomson-CSF[source]Starburst |
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| Designed | c. 1964[source] | — |
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| Unit cost | US$ 75,000 (launcher with 5 missiles, export price to Libya , 1972–1973)[source] | — |
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| Variants | See versions[source] | See Variants[source]Starburst |
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| Detonation mechanism | Non-delay impact and grazing fuzes, 14–17 second delay self-destruct.[source] | — |
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| Flight altitude | 50–1500 m (Strela-2) 50–2300 m (Strela-2M)[source] | — |
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| Guidance system | Infra-red passive homing (AM-modulated reticle seeker head with uncooled PbS detector element), proportional navigation logic[source] | Beam-riding[source]Starburst |
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| Former operator · Kuwait | Kuwait[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | KBM, Degtyarev plant, Cugir Arms Factory, Kyiv Arsenal[source] | Thales Air Defence[source]Starburst |
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| Produced | — | 1986 to 2001[source]Starburst |
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| No. built | — | 13,389[source]Starburst |
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| Muzzle velocity | — | Mach 2[source]Starburst |
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| Sights | — | Optical sight[source]Starburst |
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| Warhead | — | High explosive fragmentation[source]Starburst |
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| Reported operators |
| — |
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Missile: 15.2 kilograms (34 lb) Launcher: 8.5 kilograms (19 lb)[source]Starburst