The QW-2 missile is a new generation of man-portable IR passive homing anti-aircraft missile weapon system, Which is used to intercept invading fighters, attackers, armed helicopter, unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and cruise missile at low and very low altitude to carryout field battle or critical area air defense.t has excellent detective capability， guidance accuracy, target destroying capability, night operation performance as well as very easy, simple and reliable operation advantage. The most outstanding is that the latest anti-infrared interference technology is applied to the system, therefore the missile can be used effectively against every kind of artificial IR jammers and IR flares in the course of firing and attacking.
1.Leading features
| Larger attacking zone |
Missile weight |
11kg |
Anti-jamming capability |
| Excellent anti-jamming ability |
Missile length |
1.590mm |
against background jamming |
| Direct aiming and firing |
Missile diameter |
72mm |
against electromagnetic ware |
| Effective initial guidance |
System weight |
18.4kg |
against artificial IR jammer |
| Fully new terminal guidance |
Environment temperature |
-40~+55℃ |
against artificial IR flares |
| Accurate guidance |
Service life |
10 years |
against jamming actively |
| Powerful lethality |
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against jamming in the whole procedure |
| Firing motor left in tube |
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against jamming continuosly |
| Effective night operation |
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against multipie flares |
2.Main tactical and technical specifications
| Max. target speed |
400mls (head-on) |
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320m/s (tail-on) |
| Target altitude |
10~4,000m |
| Target slant distance |
500～6,000m |
| Time ready to fire |
less than 5s |
| Missile speed: |
more than 25m/s |
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600m/s(at endurance) |
| Single shot killing probability |
75% |
| Manouverable overload: |
16g(average) |
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18g(max.) |
