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Do Manpads have the operational range and the radar support, are the firing crews fast enough to prepare, track and fire, I mean not slower than the TOR? I have seen that Pakistan air defence concept during different exercise, the Manpad crews are driving on Landrovers or in an M-113 APC, but the question is their REACTION time enough to counter IAF?
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Manpads where originally designed to equip assaulting troops to defend against limited enemy air attack on or near their direct position. The ranges, speeds, and flight characteristics of modern enemy missiles that can be fired at our troops require dedicated computer controlled radar and E/O guided longer range air defense missiles. This is why the Pantsir and Buk are the right size and capability to protect a tank division for example, defending a part of the battlefield or advancing on the enemy. The S-300/S-400 would stay just behind the army, providing area air defense against high altitude and more predictable enemy targets like ballistic missiles or artillery rockets.
So Manpads would be woefully under suited for anything short of at the level of a few infantry vehicles defending their immediate position from low flying aircraft or helicopters.