Anti Aircraft Missiles
Anti Aircraft Missiles
Advanced Short Range Air to Air Missile (ASRAAM)
Last Updated: February 23, 2026The AIM-132 ASRAAM is a high-speed, highly manoeuvrable, heat-seeking, air-to-air missile. Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) is described by the RAF as; The AIM-132 ASRAAM is a high-speed, highly manoeuvrable, heat-seeking, air-to-air missile. Built by MBDA UK Ltd, the missile is designed as a ‘fire-and-forget’ weapon, able to counter intermittent target obscuration in cloud...
ASTER Surface to Air Missile (Sea Viper)
Last Updated: February 23, 2026The Aster missile family comprises Aster 15 for short to medium range and Aster 30 for short to long range. There is an extensive commonality between the two variants, with both missiles featuring the same terminal dart. The ASTER missile is described by MBDA as; The Aster missile family comprises Aster 15 for short to...
Blowpipe Anti Aircraft Missile
Last Updated: February 23, 2026Blowpipe was a British man-portable air defence system (MANPADS) developed by Short Brothers with manual command-to-line-of-sight guidance, entered service with the British Army and Royal Marines in 1975. Blowpipe History In 1966, the Royal Radar Establishment (RRE) conducted a feasibility study with three contractors to investigate the design of a system to meet the requirements...
Blowpipe Mk2 (Javelin) Anti Aircraft Missile
Last Updated: February 23, 2026Javelin was a British man-portable air defence system developed by Shorts as an improved successor to the problematic Blowpipe. It featured semi-automatic command-to-line-of-sight (SACLOS) guidance for greater ease and accuracy, entering service with the British Army in 1984, and provided effective low-level air defence until its phased replacement by the Starburst (Javelin S-15) from 1993...
Common Anti Air Missile (CAMM)
Last Updated: February 23, 2026The Common Anti-Air Modular Missile (CAMM) will replace Seawolf and Rapier FSC in the Royal Navy and British Army and is described by MBDA as; The Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) program is designed to provide the next generation of anti-air guided weapons for land, sea and airborne operations being fully compatible with existing command...
Javelin S15 (Advanced Javelin) — Starburst
Last Updated: January 21, 2026The Javelin S15 (also known as Advanced Javelin or commercially marketed as Starburst) was a British man-portable surface-to-air missile (MANPADS) developed by Shorts Missile Systems (later Thales Air Defence) in Belfast as an upgraded successor to the earlier Javelin system. Two years after the Javelin entered service, in 1986, Shorts began the development of the...
Martlet Missile (Lightweight Multirole Missile)
Last Updated: February 23, 2026The Thales Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) is called Martlet in Royal Navy service. It is described by Thales as; LMM is a low cost, lightweight, precision strike, missile, which has been designed to be fired from tactical platforms including fixed or rotary winged UAVs and surface platforms. The system is designed to provide a rapid...
Meteor Missile
Last Updated: February 23, 2026MBDA describe the Meteor BVRAAM missile as; Meteor is the next generation Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) system designed to revolutionise air-to-air combat in the 21st Century. The weapon brings together six nations with a common need to defeat the threats of today as well as the emerging threats of the future. Guided by...
Starstreak HVM (High-Velocity Missile)
Last Updated: February 23, 2026Starstreak High-Velocity Missile was designed to provide close air defence against conventional air threats such as fixed-wing fighters and late unmasking helicopter targets. The British Army describes the Starstreak High-Velocity Missile (HVM) as; The Starstreak High Velocity Missile (HVM) is designed to counter threats from very high performance, low-flying aircraft and fast ‘pop up’ strikes...