Starburst surface-to-air missile
- Starburst surface-to-air missile
Infobox Weapon
name= Starburst
caption= Sample of Starburst
origin= flagicon|United Kingdom UK
type=Manportable surface-to-air missile
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is_explosive=yes
is_missile=yes
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service= 1989 to present
used_by= Britain, Canada, Kuwait, Malaysia
wars= Gulf War
designer= Thales Air Defence Limited
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manufacturer= Thales Air Defence Limited
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production_date= 1986 to 2001
number= 13,389 [ [http://www.forecastinternational.com/archive/mm/mm0008.htm Forecast International] Starburst] ]
variants= See "Variants"
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velocity= Mach 2
range= 0.3 to 7 km
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sights= Optical sight
filling= High Explosive fragmentation
filling_weight= 2.74 kg
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engine= Solid Rocket Motor
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guidance= SACLOS system
Starburst is a British man-portable surface-to-air missile produced by Shorts Missile Systems of Belfast (since 2002 known as Thales Air Defence Limited). It is used by the British Army, Malaysian Army and in the Canadian Army as the Javelin. It can be fired from the shoulder or from a launcher known as Starburst LML - Lightweight Multiple Launcher.
It is being replaced in British service by the Starstreak missile.
Development
The missile is a development of Javelin missile, retaining the Javelin missile body but replacing the radio command system with a laser transmission system. This is much more difficult to jam than the radio based system. It entered service in 1990 and replaced the Javelin by 1993. In 1992 the proximity fuze was improved. Starburst was first used in combat in the 1991 Gulf War.
Variants
* Starburst LML (Lightweight multiple launcher)
* Starburst VML (Vehicle multiple launcher)
* Starburst NML (Naval multiple launcher)
* Starburst starlite thermal imager
* Starburst SR2000
Operators
; CAN; KUW; MYS; UK
References
* "Jane's Land-Based Air Defence 2005-2006", ISBN 0-7106-2697-5
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