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Air defenceIn service
Manportable surface-to-air missile
Javelin (surface-to-air missile) is a manportable surface-to-air missile originating in United Kingdom. It was built by Thales Air Defence. Reported operators include Botswana, Peru, South Korea.
United KingdomManportable surface-to-air missile
United Kingdom
See Operators
Thales Air Defence
11.1 kilograms (24 lb) (missile) 24.3 kilograms (54 lb) (system)
1.39 metres (4 ft 7 in)
76 millimetres (3 in)
1
300 to 4,500 metres (980 to 14,760 ft) against jets to 5,500 metres (18,000 ft) against helicopters
High-explosive warhead
2.74 kilograms (6.0 lb) (containing 0.6 kilograms (1.3 lb) of HE) with contact and proximity fuzes
Impact force or proximity fuze
Solid fuel rocket
Mach 1.7+ approx.
SACLOS system
Botswana
Peru
South Korea
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True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 1.39 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Javelin (surface-to-air missile) equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Botswana
OmanReported count for Javelin. Service scope: Royal Army of Oman; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 34. Origin: United Kingdom. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Peru
South KoreaReported count for Javelin. Service scope: Republic of Korea Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): in service: 100 launchers 1,500 missiles. Origin: United Kingdom. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.