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The QW-2 Vanguard 2 is a Chinese all-aspect man-portable infrared guided surface to air missile. It isn’t clear when the missile first entered service but it is likely to have been between 1998 and 2002. [1] The QianWei 2 (or Vanguard 2 in its export name) is the third-generation shoulder-launched all-aspect IR-homing ‘fire-and-forget’ surface-to-air missile developed by Shenyang-based CASIC 119 Factory (Shenyang Hangtian Xinle Ltd).