KP-SAM Chiron 신궁 휴대용 지대공 미사일 | |
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Type | Manportable surface-to-air missile (MANPADS) |
Place of origin | South Korea |
Service history | |
In service | 2005–present |
Used by | See Operators |
Production history | |
Designer | Agency for Defense Development LIG Nex1 |
Designed | 1995–2004[1] |
Manufacturer | LIG Nex1 |
Unit cost | €2.6 million (2023)[2] |
Produced | 2004–present |
Specifications | |
Mass | Total: 19.5 kg (43 lb)[3] Missile: 15 kg (33 lb)[1] |
Length | 1.68 m (5.5 ft) |
Diameter | 80 mm (3.1 in) |
Crew | 2 (If based from a tripod), 1 (If held) |
Maximum firing range | 7 km (4.3 mi)[1] |
Warhead | 720 Tungsten balls[3] |
Warhead weight | 2.5 kg (5.5 lb)[3] |
Engine | Solid fuel rocket |
Flight ceiling | 4 km (13,000 ft)[1] |
Maximum speed | Mach 2.5 (851 m/s; 3,060 km/h)[3] |
Guidance system | Infrared homing[3] |
The KP-SAM Chiron[note 1] (Korean Portable-Surface to Air Missile; Korean: 신궁; Hanja: 神弓; RR: Shin-gung) is a South Korean shoulder-launched surface-to-air missile manufactured by LIG Nex1.[4]
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