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The M730A2 Chaparral Air Defense Missile System in Military Issues Resource Directory

    

The Chaparral provides mobile shortrange air defense to defeat lowaltitude aircraft. The system is designed to be mobile, selfcontained and air transportable. A mobile light air defense system with a turret mounted on a tracked vehicle carrying four readytofire missiles, the Chaparral is a ground launched version of the airtoair Sidewinder. Chaparral consists of an infrared heat seeking missile, a launcher with a Forward Looking Infrared FLIR sight, and a tracked vehicle.

 


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