Posted on 02/13/2007 6:28:10 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum
bttt
Specifications
Length: 1.532 m
Missile and launcher weight: 16.5 kg
Velocity: 600 m/s
Warhead: 1.5 kg HE-fragmentation<<<<< NOTE<<<<<<<<<<
Engagement range: 500 to 5000 m<<<<<<<<<<<
Engagement altitude: 30 to 4000 m<<<<<<<<<
Deployment time: 10 seconds<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Reaction time: 3 seconds
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PROGRAMME
In the 1994 Farnborough Air Show China revealed its QW-1 man-portable air defence system (Manpad). Some reports indicated that the QW-1 may have been based on the U.S. Stinger technology and design, but this cannot be confirmed. According to the brochure of China Precision Machinery Import and Export Company (CPMIEC), the QW-1 is claimed to surpass the US Stinger in maximum effective range, target seeker tracking capability, warhead power and other specifications.
Compared to the first-generation HN-5, which could only attack jet aircraft targets from tail aspect, the QW-1 is capable of engaging jet and propeller-driven aircraft and helicopters from all aspects. As well as being carried by soldiers, the QW-1 can be fired from launchers mounted on vehicles and ships, or used in the mixed anti-aircraft artillery and air-defence missile battery, or carried by helicopter as a short-range air-to-air missile.
The QW-1 entered service with the PLA in the mid-1990s in a small number, and is built by Pakistan under license as Anza MK-2. During the 1999 India-Pakistan conflict at Kargil, the China-made QW-1 reportedly shot down an Indian Air Force MiG-21 and a MiG-27. China has also developed the improved varians QW-1A and QW-1M.
DESIGN
The system consists of the missile, a reusable tube launcher, and a thermal battery. The missile is powered by a solid rocket engine, and has a maximum range of 5km against low flying airborne targets. The missile can be switched from storage mode into combat mode within 10 seconds.<<<<^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^NOTE!
SPECIFICATIONS
System length: 1.532m
System weight: 16.5kg
Missile length: N/A
Missile diameter: 0.071m
Missile launch weight: N/A
Propulsion: Single stage solid rocket
Operating altitude: 0.03~4km
Operating range: 0.5~5km
Max speed: 600m/s
Guidance: Infrared
Warhead: 0.57kg HE fragmentation
This page was last updated 5 May 2006
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hey 4, how's it going
Makin' a pile on the floor of the first page of the new thread,,,eazy to find,,,kick em' outta the way if you need to...LOL;0)
Howdy,Mark...;0)
Report: 18 people killed in bus bombing in southeast Iran
MSNBC, just a headline (I'm looking for more info - havent seen any yet.)
Report: 18 people killed in bus bombing in southeast Iran
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>>> TYPO !!!^^^^^^
Nope!
TEHRAN, Iran - Eighteen people were killed on Wednesday when a bomb exploded next to a bus in the southeastern city of Zahedan, the official IRNA news agency reported.
The bomb was hidden in a car by “armed rebels and attackers” and exploded as the bus, belonging to the ground forces of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, passed by, the agency reported.
“In this act 18 Zahedan citizens have been martyred. Rebels and those who create insecurity martyred these people in a terrorist act by laying a trap close to a bus,” Qassim Rezai, a military commander, was quoted as saying.
It was not clear if those killed were members of the Guards.
Zahedan is close to the border with Pakistan and Afghanistan. There are often clashes between security forces and armed groups in the area involved in the drugs trade.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17141988/
Surely hasn't hit any of my other news sources yet...
AFP may be echoing Reuters now:
Eighteen dead in Iran bus bombing TEHRAN, Feb 14 (AFP) Eighteen people were killed Wednesday when a bomb exploded near a bus of the Revolutionary Guards in the Iranian city of Zahedan in the southeastern border province of Sistan-Baluchestan, the INRA agency reported.
http://www.dawn.com/2007/02/14/welcome.htm#14
An interesting story to watch.
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