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  • 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 It was superseded by an interim design, Javelin, and later the greatly improved Starstreak missile.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
  • 1.35 m
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Number
  • 34382
Range
  • 0.500000
is explosive
  • yes
diameter
  • 76.0
Origin
  • United Kingdom
Speed
  • Mach 1.5
filling
Guidance
  • MCLOS system
Service
  • 1975
Name
  • Blowpipe
Type
  • Manportable surface-to-air missile
filling weight
  • 2.2
Caption
  • A Canadian missile detachment of 129th Airfield Air Defense Battery, RCA, with Blowpipe during NATO Exercise Cornet Phaser. The men are wearing Nuclear, Biological and Chemical protective gear.
is missile
  • yes
Wars
Weight
  • 6.2
  • 14.5
  • 22.0
Manufacturer
Sights
Used by
  • See Operators
Engine
  • Solid Rocket Motor
production date
  • 1975
design date
  • 1975
Crew
  • 1
Designer
abstract
  • 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 It was superseded by an interim design, Javelin, and later the greatly improved Starstreak missile.