MANPADS

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Man-portable air-defense systems
Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS) are shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles. They typically use infra-red guidance and can be a threat to low-flying aircraft, especially helicopters. Possession, export and trafficking in such weapons is typically tightly controlled due to the threat they pose to civil aviation, and there has been considerable concern about their use as terrorist weapons.
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MANPADS
Man-portable Air Defence Systems
  

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MANPADS
(See MAN PORTABLE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS.)

 

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

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