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	Blowpipe missile -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Blowpipe is a man-portable (A guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target) surface-to-air missile which was in use with the (additional info and facts about British Army) British Army.
		The failure of Blowpipe (a system which had been available on the international arms market and was therefore 'plausibly deniable') in Afghanistan led to the supply of the more capable (but restricted in availability) U.S. (A cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy) Stinger system.
		Blowpipe is a mach 1.5 missile of 3.5km range.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bl/blowpipe_missile.htm (167 words)

	Blowpipe Missile Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		For compact storage, the rear fins of the missile are housed at the front of the storage cylinder - the missile is steered by the front fins.
		Blowpipe was replaced by Javelin, which is of a very similar design but improved in performance and with a semi-automatic guidance system - the operator now controls the missile by keeping the target in the sight crosswires and the unit steers the missile to the sight.
		Blowpipe missile systems are still being found in weapon caches as recently as June 2003 in Afghanistan [4] [5].
	encyclopedia.localcolorart.com /encyclopedia/Blowpipe_missile (679 words)

	Anti-aircraft warfare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Long-range weapons of this sort have for the most part been superseded by the effective anti-air missile systems that were introduced in the 1950s, however, as they are relatively inexpensive and easy to manufacture compared to more modern systems they are still employed in large numbers by many nations.
		Originally missiles were useful only as a replacement for the very largest of anti-aircraft guns, but by the 1960s they had been scaled down to the point where they were also replacing smaller weapons previously serviced by guns in the 40 mm to 57 mm range.
		Air defence by air forces is typically taken care of by fighter jets carrying air-to-air missiles which is beyond the scope of this article, however most air forces choose to augment air base defence with surface-to-air missile systems as they are such valuable targets for enemy aircraft.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anti-aircraft (3601 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Artillery (B) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It fired a 60 mm calibre shaped charge missile to an effective range of 150 yards and a maximum range of 700 yards at a muzzle velocity of 83 meters-per-second and could penetrate 120 mm of armour at all ranges.
		Blowpipe is a British shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missile system, and the first to be employed by the British army, now being replaced by the Javelin system.
		Blowpipe has a range of 3500 meters and fires a missile which is manualy guided by radio command and travels at a speed of Mach 1.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /FYC.HTM (2399 words)

	Javelin surface-to-air missile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Javelin is a British man-portable surface-to-air missile, used by the British Army and Canadian Army.
		The missile was developed as a replacement for the Blowpipe missile, which had proven largely ineffective in the Falklands war (9 hits recorded out of more than 100 missile launches) and in Mujahideen hands during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
		Although Javelin is somewhat susceptible to smoke, fog or clouds, it is claimed to be virtually impossible to decoy it away from a target with flares.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Javelin_surface-to-air_missile (221 words)

	MAN PORTABLE SURFACE-AIR MISSILES
		The missile itself is a metal tube containing a two stage solid propellant rocket, a warhead and at its tapered nose, a nose cone fitted with cruciform delta control surfaces.
		Unlike conventional roll stabilised missiles which are steered in two axes, pitch and yaw, by two (pitch, yaw) control channels a RAM uses a single control channel which is 'phased' to introduce pitch and yaw commands subject to the missile's instantaneous orientation (roll angle) in roll.
		The missile was conceptually similar to Redeye as a RAM using an uncooled PbS seeker sensitive to 2 micron band IR emissions.
	www.ausairpower.net /mpsam.html (3889 words)

	Download Blowpipe full version + crack and keygen (serial) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Blowpipe was a heavy weapon and of only limited use against fast.
		The blowpipe was developed probably by the first alchemists in the land of Khem, wood being scarce and or reduce the sample.
		The blowpipe was used for centuries by glassblowers.
	www.hostatelier.com /cracks/download-blowpipe.html (187 words)

	blowpipe2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Blowpipe was developed as a shoulder-launched, man-portable SAM for the British Army.
		Blowpipe uses a separate acquisition package that clips onto the missile launcher, reducing the weight and complexity of the missile itself.
		Blowpipe is optically guided and has now been superceded by newer missiles such as Javelin and Starstreak.
	www.skomer.u-net.com /projects/blowpipe.htm (79 words)

	James McE. Love: This Is The World Services Of The BBC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The helicopter pilot was using the corrugated sheep shed as a screen from the missile.
		The earlier explosion was from the first Blowpipe missile the detachment had fired and not an enemy bomb.
		The missile tracking the target altered its trajectory, then losing in effect all sight of the target, nosed dived into the ground on the opposite side of the sheds from the helicopter, exploding on impact with the ground.
	www.iwvpa.net /lovejm/this_is_.htm (1387 words)

	Blowgun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A blowgun or blowpipe is a simple weapon consisting of a small tube for firing light projectiles, or darts.
		The missile could engage targets head on but had to be manually guided by the firer.
		It was made obsolete by the Javelin and sold in large quantities to Mujaheedin fighters in Afghanistan in mid 1985.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Blowgun.htm (347 words)

	British Land Weapons and Vehicles
		The fire unit usually carries four missile ready to fire and can be manually reloaded.
		Blowpipe was a heavy weapon and of only limited use against fast jets.
		Launch unit weighs 15.5kg, and the missile container is normally clipped on and served by a two or three man crew.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /Falklands/b-weapons.htm (1550 words)

	Dáil Éireann - Volume 389 - 25 April, 1989 - Illegal Weapons Dealing: Statements.
		The Blowpipe equipment stolen from the territorial army base was a training model in sections which was not capable of being used operationally.
		That obviously means that they are indifferent as to where they obtain these arms, whether they are obtained by flmail, by stealing or on the flmarket, as long as they have the arms to maintain what is a totalitarian régime.
		There is, in addition to the two missile systems which have been stolen from that factory or from Army bases in Northern Ireland, a third, more up-to-date system, the Starstreak system, which, if it were to fall into the wrong hands, would have very serious consequences indeed for western defence as a whole.
	www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/0389/D.0389.198904250096.html (2990 words)

	Articles - MCLOS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		With an MCLOS missile, the operator must track the missile and the target simultaneously and guide the missile to the target.
		Typically the missile is steered with a joystick.
		The accuracy achieved by MCLOS missiles is hard to put a firm figure on, since it is highly dependant on the skill of the operator.
	www.dcustom.com /articles/MCLOS (225 words)

	Equipment (Air Defence)
		It can be shoulder launched, fired from the Lightweight Multiple Launcher (LML) or vehicle borne on the Alvis Stormer APC which has an 8 round launcher (12 reload missiles can be carried inside the vehicle).Starstreak is designed to counter threats from very high performance low flying aircraft and fast pop-up type strikes by attack helicopters.
		The missile employs a system of 3 dart type projectiles which allows multiple hits on the target.
		Operating as an infra red search and tracking system in the 8 - 14 micron waveband, the alerter is designed to operate against low and fast moving fixed wing aircraft, as well as the latest generation of attack helicopters.
	www.army.mod.uk /royalartillery/equipt/eqptad.htm (290 words)

	Armed Forces - a6a8 - British Army - Artillery - Starstreak High Velocity Missile
		Short Missile Systems of Belfast were the prime contractors for the HVM (High Velocity Missile) which continues along the development path of both Blowpipe and Javelin.
		The missile employs a system of three dart type projectiles which can make multiple hits on the target.
		Inside the vehicle there are 12 ready-to-use missiles with a further eight stored inside as reloads.
	www.armedforces.co.uk /army/listings/l0050.html (274 words)

	US troops find Blowpipe missiles near base in eastern Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		"The missiles were still in the original shipping containers and are in excellent condition," he said.
		It is not the first discovery of Blowpipe missiles in Afghanistan.
		British-made Blowpipe missiles have a maximum range of four kilometresmiles) and maximum altitude of 3,000 metres (10,000 feet), according to Jane's Defence Weekly.
	www.spacewar.com /2003-a/030610094124.cyjhflzw.html (234 words)

	Special Forces find missile in Afghan countryside
		A team from the 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, mobilized from Fort Carson, Colo., learned of the surface-to-air missile, commonly called a "blowpipe," when a local Afghan civilian approached the team at the training center, said Staff Sgt. Jason, who helped recover the weapon.
		Once the location and condition of the blowpipe was confirmed, British and U.S. forces worked to retrieve it.
		The mission was a success in that no one was hurt and the threat to Coalition forces was reduced by having one less missile that could take down an aircraft, said Jason.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2002/11/mil-021118-usa02.htm (396 words)

	128 Air Defense Battery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The unit was officially re-formed as 128 Airfield Air Defence Battery on 10 July 1975 at Baden-Soellingen and was equipped with 40mm Boffins guns and the Blowpipe Missile System.
		On 27 November 1987 the Battery was disbanded as an independent unit and assigned as a sub-unit of 4th Air Defence Regiment.
		The regiment was equipped with the Blowpipe surface to air missile, 35mm Oerlikon gun, Skyguard MK II acquisition and tracking radar and the Air Defence Anti Tank System (ADATS).
	www.harbournet.com /baden/history/128airdefensebattery.htm (288 words)

	Name
		Concentric ramjet missile with gothic arch delta wing.
		Bristol studies for a new naval missile in opposition to NIGS.
		Vickers submarine based SAM using 6 Blowpipes in a retractable mount in the conning tower.
	www.skomer.u-net.com /projects/missiles.htm (3209 words)

	Missile Attack on MI6
		According to the above news report, "the missile shattered an 8th floor window on the southern side of the building".
		Most of thse are by now in a variety of hands, by now (the SA-7 was a common Russian arms export, for example, and the Stinger was supplied to the Afghans by the CIA...), and it isn't at all far-fetched for your garden-variety terrorist group to get hold of a few...
		While they can be deadly if you're lucky, shoulder-launched AA missiles are not ideal for blasting buildings -- the warhead size is generally smaller than you would find in an equivalent antitank weapon, and is optimized for blast and fragmentation, rather than punching through things by Munro Effect.
	www.fortunecity.com /tattooine/leiber/50/dgmiss.htm (835 words)

	CONFLICT IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The missile proved to be a deadly weapon, destroying, according to British claims, five Skyhawks and nineteen Mirages.
		The Lynx and Wasp helicopters followed up by firing their SS-12 antiship missiles, causing the submarine to limp into King Edward Harbor, where its crew members eventually were taken prisoner.
		Foot soldiers carried the shoulder-fired Blowpipe, designed to hit both high-speed fighter aircraft flying low-level air strikes and helicopters operating in a standoff mode.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/aureview/1984/mar-apr/duffner.html (3987 words)

	List of missiles biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Below is a list of (links to pages on) missiles, sorted alphabetically by country of origin.
		The Unified D.S. includes missiles from all three military services: Army, Navy, and Air Force.
		H - stored in missile silo, but launched from the surface
	www.biography.ms /List_of_missiles.html (149 words)

	Starstreak HVM
		Starstreak HVM (High Velocity Missile) continues the development path of both Blowpipe and Javelin.
		It can be shoulder launched, fired from the Lightweight Multiple Launcher (LML) or vehicle borne on the Alvis Stormer APC which has an 8 round launcher (12 reload missiles can be carried inside the vehicle).
		The missile is boosted to maximum velocity by a two-stage propulsion system at which point three darts, each with an impact fuze, are released and are guided on to the target by the operator.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/europe/starstreak.htm (251 words)

	THIS IS THE WORLD SERVICES OF THE BBC..
		The earlier explosion was from the first Blowpipe missile the detachment had fired.
		The missile now picked up the Sea King which had been unloading from the Sir Galahad.
		The missile tracking the target altered its trajectory, then losing in effect all sight of the target, nosed dived into the ground on the opposite side of the sheds from the helicopter.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /Jim-Love/BBC.htm (957 words)

	Stinger Missile : WarlordsofAfghanistan.com
		Sold on the open market, it was possible to claim it was not CIA supplied.
		But the blowpipe relied on line of sight guidance.
		Only a well trained operator could connect a truck-sized airship and a tiny missile in the absolutely huge sky.
	www.warlordsofafghanistan.com /stinger-missile.php (371 words)

	Key Publishing Ltd Aviation Forums - South- Americian Airforces.
		There are rumours, but, the probability is to purchase BVR missiles from Israel.
		But, the missiles dependes who will be the FX winner.
		the cenepa war, it was an ecuatorian missile who brought it down, and as you said there was no survivors.
	forum.keypublishing.co.uk /showthread.php?t=18039&page=2 (2932 words)

	Falkland Islands Info Portal - History Articles
		The Harriers with deadly sidewinder missiles for air combat and bombs for ground attack were one of the great success stories of the Falklands War.
		With no intelligence on Argentine fighter and missile defence, the operation had to be carried out at night, in radio silence, with no rehearsal.
		As soon as the bomber/tanker force roared off the runway at Wideawake Airfield, one of the two Vulcans had to abandon the mission when its pressurisation failed, as did one of the 12 Victor refuelling tankers with a defective hose.
	www.falklands.info /history/hist82article14.html (1777 words)

	Kabul UXO January 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Remains of a blowpipe surface to air missile (supplied to Mujihadeen before 1989) - lying on ground some distance from a Kabul ammunition dump,
		These fall from the bomblets after release from the dispenser and are a sure indication that the main strike area is nearby.
		Guidance head from Blowpipe missile found in a destroyed ammunition dump.
	www.mech.uwa.edu.au /~jamest/demining/countries/afghan/kabul02/Thum1.html (74 words)

	iqexpand.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile - United States (this missile is a derivative of the AIM-9 Sidewinder and the FIM-92 Stinger).
		Surface-To-Air Missile (Semi Active Homing) Surface-To-Air Missile (Semi-Active Homing): SAM(SA) simulates the engagement between a semi-active homing surface-to-air missile system with a CW Doppler...
		Background: Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) is the world's premier surface-to-air air defense weapon.
	surface-to-air_missile.iqexpand.com (396 words)

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