MANPADS

Noun

Meaning

MANPADS

Acronym of man-portable air-defense system: a handheld anti-aircraft missile.

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A lone Iraqi with a Strela-2 MANPADS shot Spirit 03 down, and all 14 crew members died. citation. Source: Internet

Egyptian troops during the 1969-1970 War of Attrition scored 36 hits out of 99 launches, including possibly the first MANPADS intercept ever of an Israeli A-4 Skyhawk. Source: Internet

Once an infrared guided missile, such as a shoulder-fired MANPADS, is detected, it can be countered via the deployment of decoy flares and BOL-IR expendable countermeasures. Source: Internet

"I think it's fair to say that we have a concern about the MANPADS coming out of Libya," Panetta said in the Thursday interview. Source: Internet

But other U.S. and allied officials voiced that concern, while saying they had no evidence that Syrian rebels had yet acquired MANPADS. Source: Internet

They said that MANPADS are widely available on black or gray markets around the world and that even an unsuccessful attack on a commercial airliner would have a devastating economic and political impact. Source: Internet

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