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Portable air defence1997–present
Man-portable/Vehicle-mounted surface-to-air missile
Starstreak is a man-portable/Vehicle-mounted surface-to-air missile originating in United Kingdom. It was built by Thales Air Defence.
United KingdomTrue 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| 28 Sept 2026 | 1.397 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Man-portable/Vehicle-mounted surface-to-air missile
United Kingdom
1997–present
See § Operators
Russo-Ukrainian War
1980s
Thales Air Defence
November 1986
7,000
See § Variants
14 kg (31 lb)
1.397 m (4 ft 7 in)
13 cm (5.1 in)
Starstreak: 0.3–7 km (0.186–4.35 mi) Starstreak-II: >7 km (4.35 mi)
Three explosive sub-munitions - 'Darts'
Three 0.9 kg (2.0 lb) Tungsten-alloy Darts, 450 g (16 oz) PBX-98 per Dart
Impact delay
First stage: Royal Ordnance 'Brambling' cast double-based propellant blip rocket motor Second stage: Royal Ordnance 'Titus' cast double-based propellant
7 km (22,966 ft)
>Mach 3
SACLOS , Laser-beam guidance
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Starstreak equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Indonesia
South Africa
ThailandArmy exact named equipment holdings: Starstreak. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / Point-defence. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
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