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9K38 Igla

Missile  
Russian Federation
USSR

The 9K38 (9К38) Igla (Игла) is a Soviet-era-developed, Russian Federation, man-portable air defence system (MANPADS), which uses the 9M39 (9М39) short-range air-defence (SHROAD) surface-to-air missile (SAM). Overview The 9K38 Igla and 9M39 missile are a further evolution of the 9K310 (9К310) Igla-1 (Игла-1) system and its 9M313 (9М313) missile, which are collectively referred to by the West as the SA-16 Gimlet. The 9M39/9M313 missile and...

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