How Starstreak High Velocity Missiles take down aerial threats

[@stephenlaw1202]

Get rid of that annoying music, it's him we want to listen to!

[@ruzziasht349]

Yes, his voice isn't the clearest.

[@gazzabnaki]

take a cement pill .. i didnt notice the music until i saw you comment.. and harden up!

[@owenjones1328]

Would have been nice to hear him over the music

[@davesimler724]

Play the music or play the news BUT not both at the same time. Thank you.

[@almac2598]

Have a thought for us Veterans with damaged hearing. That background noise, poorly disguised as music, basically drowned out the presenter's speech, so had to rely on subtitles. Very poor editing.

[@Will-b7g]

Definitely not a veteran.

[@Mygolly915]

Turn up the volume. If u have hearing damage then the music is also quiet with the talking so just turn it up.

[@465maltbie]

I didnt know it was so complex, thanks for sharing that. Charles

[@darrenjosephgregory]

Lucky there were subtitles. Ditch the music!

[@goodcat1982]

The music was annoying

[@davidrobertson5700]

I commend you for showing laminates of fragments, impressive

[@swiftsifu]

I remember watching a starstreak demo on the tv show Future Weapons and was amazed then.

[@tacfoley4443]

I remember the VHS tape of the trials at Benbecula ranges, maybe 1990....................

[@JCJW101]

What on earth is that background noise?!?!?

[@cedhome7945]

I used to work for a British company that made circuits for Thales, until an American businessman bought the business and assets striped it and made everyone redundant. Cheers to the managers for selling a business that was going from the end of ww2 until a year ago to a known business destroyer 👍 millionaire playing with people's lives....

[@robbieshand6139]

Yankee capitalists ruin everything. Just like Cadburys

[@alliancecrusader]

Who did you work for?

[@techkid3874]

background music too loud.

[@baldobaz1]

Can also be used against soft skinned ground targets. It’s a very potent system

[@Elthenar]

And by soft skinned, you mean anything but a main battle tank.

[@Twirlyhead]

I think the Russians think if they say bad things about Starstreak it won't shoot them down. Dream on.

[@billbrockman779]

Extremely informative.

[@tonygriffin4075]

First saw the concept for this at the RSA it was then being developed by short brothers it was at the time designed to have some backward connectivity for use with the blowpipe aiming unit

[@petepure3387]

Impressive tech!

[@timdernachn9851]

Could the music be any louder? What was that, I can't hear you.

[@Iamthedudeman00]

I always thought this missile looks like something Hollywood made up for movies to look cool, unbelievably it’s real

[@johnreynolds6369]

And we needed the batty music because…

[@noisyboy87]

That music was too loud

[@JoeyIndolos]

Maybe since their latest contracts they can now afford to get a new flag 🤔

[@Ben_From_Marketing]

Pretty sure its about multiple factions in their population wanting different things that's stopping them from creating a flag all parties like, probably something to do with that quirky little period of time called the troubles

[@tmike_tc]

@@Ben_From_Marketing Pretty sure he is talking about the ratty thing they’re flying 0:06 that hasn’t been cared for in years by the looks of it.

[@Phil_AKA_ThundyUK]

Subtitles working well.

[@WhiskeredJohn]

Missile vs hitile. Somebody is proud of that little doosie.

[@MrYashka12]

Nice video shame about the music

[@TemplarKnight-i9q]

Great !!! At least something made in Britain...!!!

[@bcgraham3512]

Northern Ireland is not Britain. It's UK.

[@uniformmike05]

Please, upload again without the very annoying music!

[@AlOh-2]

Would be nice too have a long range version.

[@paulhellawell5920]

to

[@ruzziasht349]

To, two or too - so difficult, don't worry spelling gets easier in 2nd grade.

[@dekyras]

Really irritating music - made it hard to hear the narrator - please lose it!!

[@trs4u]

I like this video - a lot of information! Is pointing lasers in the general direction of modern war fighting vehicles foolproof? Would have thought wide-field optics might be able to detect that and provide some measure of reverse targeting info?

[@ruzziasht349]

@trs4u Missile is travelling at 2,302 mph (three times the speed of sound), the laser (speed of light, less 0.3% as it's going through air) is at 670,500,000 mph mph. While wide-field optics are excellent for large-scale observation, they are unsuitable for stopping a laser-guided missile because they lack the precision, speed, and active countermeasures needed to detect, track, and intercept such a incredibly fast threat. Also computer processing speeds are nowhere near fast enough - Starstreak is an almost perfect weapons system.

[@pablog771]

Cool

[@FishingSGsWild]

nice souvenir.

[@kravenofspider]

Pay the royalties and call it Star-Scream.

[@rocketassistedgoat1079]

Or don't, and call it Sta Skream.

[@TaskSwitcherify]

You made a *rocket shotgun* congrats!

[@ENGBriseB]

One of the fastest Missile systems in the world.

[@noahway13]

GD. Talk about 1st world problems. MUSIC TOO LOUD!!! 😭

[@robson668]

It's like a APFSDS round but with 3 laser guided darts.

[@ptonpc]

It can be used against lightly armoured targets but it's expensive for that.

[@robertpatrick3350]

It’s likely to cause significant distress to even a heavily armoured vehicle

[@MrLunarlander]

@@ptonpc Around £130k per missile, so more expensive than using an NLAW to do the job, but still quite a bargain for taking out an IFV or similar.

[@trs4u]

@@robertpatrick3350 His 1MJ explanation is compelling against lightly-armoured vehicles like planes. I wonder against heavy armour. It's not itself a penetrator - it might just harmlessly (to plate armour, not so much anything else on the surface) disintegrate?

[@Pesmog]

A very quick (and not very thorough) bit of internet research suggests a standard tank APFSDS tank round has about 10-15 million Joules on impact, so while starstreak is not as powerful as a proper armour penetrator, it would likely still damage most light armoured and probably a few mid-level armoured vehicles.

[@barkebaat]

Music too loud! How difficult can it be?

[@alexprost7505]

небыло ответа на главный вопрос, зачем их 3 если 1 дротик отлично попадает и разрущает?

[@MrAckers75]

Looks like pc world for missiles

[@Gareth04100]

You would think the MD would know the missile is not a laser beam rider... It's actually laser guided from the rear.. ie a wireless/laser uplink missile. Link TOW but without the wire.

[@Orbital_Inclination]

Not quite. Whilst the darts do not home in on laser energy reflected from the target, the aiming unit projects two laser beams which paint a two-dimensional matrix upon the target. The lasers are modulated, and by examining these modulations the sub-munitions sensor can determine the dart's location within the matrix. The dart is then steered to keep it in the centre of the matrix.

[@justyjust]

That’s a lot of information I would have thought this information would be secret.

[@Bert4ceasar]

As much as it is a product presentation it is a warning to our enemies. Besides, in our western societies we are obliged to release information to the public. This is one of the ways we differ from russia and china eg.

[@malcpaul996]

How it actually works is the secret.

[@tacfoley4443]

It was, back in 1990.........................................

[@GeopoliticalMilitary_News]

Slava Ukraini

[@andrethegiant1288]

Working on taking over control of incoming guided missiles to redirect it back to sender. That would be the ultimate defense system.

[@BonesyTucson]

Did he actually the use the word "hittile" instead of "missile"? That's.. pretty cheesy lol

[@FreeRojava2025]

Nah it’s very funny

[@ruzziasht349]

@BonesyTucson A "hittile" refers to a projectile or missile designed to hit a target, often used in the context of defence systems. It's a blend of "hit" and "missile." While it's sometimes used informally or colloquially, it is only recognised in specific military or engineering fields.

[@ad_astra5]

@@ruzziasht349so a missile can explode near enough to cause damage, but a hittile is a non explosive projectile that has to actually make contact with the object?

[@ruzziasht349]

@@ad_astra5 yup if it's a direct hit no explosives necessary - but there's a little bit of explosive just in case. Starstreak missile’s destructive power comes from kinetic energy (3 times speed of sound), not explosives. It uses high-velocity tungsten darts that penetrate and destroy targets through impact, rather than an explosive warhead.

[@ruzziasht349]

@@ad_astra5 The Starstreak missile is equipped with three "Darts" submunitions, each carrying 450 gr of explosive charge, detonated by a delayed-action, impact activated fuze.

[@rexbarron4873]

Thales, pronounced Tarl, is a multinational French arms company that manufactures in countries as far away as Australia where amongst other thngs they make the Bushmaster truck. The Starstreak is as British as a Land Rover made in Slovakia.

[@Orbital_Inclination]

Thales is pronounced Tal-iss Starstreak was designed by Shorts Missile Systems of Belfast, before it was bought by Thales, so is indeed a British weapon system.

[@Statueshop297]

This the Thales U.K. a separate part of the french company. Geez don’t post if you don’t know what you’re talking about. It only confirms what people think about your brain power

[@Shahakha]

Originally Shorts , Thales bought them as well another UK arms company Racal and named it Thales UK. UK sovereign tech with profits going to a French parent company.

[@rexbarron4873]

@@Shahakha No.... global expertise making a good product better. The NLAW was developed by SAAB and Thales. Stop thinking British is best...life is not like this anymore.

[@ruzziasht349]

@@Orbital_Inclination This the Thales U.K. a separate part of the French company.

[@Tomachine1]

There's a KZbin shorts video of a russian kh 52 I think avoiding the starstreak or outmanoeuvring it. Not sure if it's real?? 🤔

[@kiwigrunt330]

That hideous noise (music?) is beyond annoying.

[@JohnMcMahon.]

Let’s see video of testing.

[@ioanbota9397]

Realy I like this powerful weapons I wil like to have it infinit numbers

[@thesjkexperience]

Will it put a hole in my super suit?

[@WhoThisMonkey]

But can it kill seagulls? They are a significant aerial threat.

[@tacfoley4443]

Yes, when the trials team ran out of proper targets, they tried it out on seagulls. It worked.

[@whya2ndaccount]

Another add. Two in two days. How much did Thales pay for this advertising?

[@FreeRojava2025]

Sigmastreak*

[@merlin7766]

I love it, why are we telling the opposition how to make missiles?

[@Orbital_Inclination]

There's nothing in this clip they don't already know, or couldn't get from a basic Google search

[@chrispickrell4027]

I wouldn’t be showing this on you tube I expect the Chinese and Iranians would be taking a close look.Stop advertising and keep this stuff secret.

[@Orbital_Inclination]

Nothing secret was shown in this clip

[@BaronFlyingClub]

too expensive

[@Twirlyhead]

Don't buy it then.

[@BaronFlyingClub]

@@Twirlyhead I am sure they will buy at least 1 to say they have 1. Like the planes they won't let pilots fly very often.

[@pannenkoekspek]

Starstreak turned out to be a bit of dud

[@ruzziasht349]

@pannenkoekspek While opinions may vary, the Starstreak missile is highly regarded for its speed and accuracy, often considered one of the fastest short-range air defence systems in the world. If it underperformed in specific situations, those would be due to external factors, and not necessarily the system itself.

[@mowgli2071]

There's no such thing as a "hitile".

[@Orbital_Inclination]

The term hitile is used fairly commonly in weapons engineering to describe missiles designed to actually strike their target directly (such as this), rather than via proximity fuses and blast-frag/expanding rings etc (such as AIM-9)

[@mowgli2071]

@@Orbital_Inclination The correct term for that is kinetic-kill.

[@Orbital_Inclination]

​@@mowgli2071I agree, but slang will always be a thing too

[@tacfoley4443]

It's a play on words, those of us who speak English call it a 'pun'.

[@HerbertTowers]

@@mowgli2071 That's not a noun.

[@stiffchocolate7546]

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