Blowpipe (missile)

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The Shorts Blowpipe is a man-portable surface-to-air missile (MANPADS) which was in use with the British Army and Royal Marines from 1975. It was superseded by an interim design Javelin and later the greatly improved Starstreak missile.

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length (km)

1.35

weight (kg)

14500.0

diameter (km)

0.076

used in war

Falklands War, Cenepa War, Soviet war in Afghanistan, Gulf War