The Starstreak Missile that Russian helicopter pilots Fears the most

Check out our other Military videos: Thales Starstreak, also known as the Starstreak High Velocity Missile, is a British shortrange manportable airdefence system. With a claimed range of more than 7 km, Starstreak is a laserguided precision weapon that has low collateral damage. It is also reportedly the fastest shortrange surfacetoair system in the world, with a peak velocity above Mach 3. The 14 kg missile makes it a flexible weapon that can be launched from light land, sea, and air platforms. Starstreak has been in service with the British Army since 1997. The StarStreak High Velocity Missile was designed to provide close air defense against conventional air threats such as fixedwing fighters and late unmasking helicopter targets. There are many variants of the system such as Air to Air starstreak that can be fired from a helicopter, Lightweight multiople launcher strarstreak that can be mount