page_title: Starstreak
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: Starstreak / Operators
caption_attribution_description: A Starstreak surface-to-air missile launcher set up on western Dartmoor during a Royal Marine ADT exercise there.
context_page_description: Starstreak is a British short range man-portable air-defence system manufactured by Thales Air Defence, in Belfast. It is also known as Starstreak HVM. After launch, the missile accelerates to more than Mach 4, making it the fastest short-range surface-to-air missile in the world. It then launches three laser beam riding submunitions, increasing the likelihood of a successful hit on the target. Starstreak has been in service with the British Army since 1997. In 2012, Thales rebranded the system under the ForceSHIELD banner.
context_section_description:  United Kingdom
  HVM SP – Approx 40 systems for a front line establishment of 36 (156 originally purchased)
  HVM LML - Approx 16 systems
   South Africa
  LML – 8 LML launcher systems. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute trade registers list the number of Portable SAMs delivered as 96 with another order for 82
   Thailand
  Royal Thai Army – Ordered in 2012
   Indonesia
  Indonesian Army – First order was in November 2011, followed by a second but no deliveries were made and the contract was renegotiated in January 2014 to equip five batteries with Starstreak missiles, ControlMaster200 radars and weapon coordination systems, lightweight multiple launchers on LandRover Defenders and RapidRanger weapon launchers on URO VAMTAC vehicles, at a cost of over £100m.
   Malaysia
  Malaysian Army – Ordered an undisclosed number of LML and vehicle-based variants in July 2015. Is used with the ForceSHIELD defense system.
caption: A Starstreak LML emplacement used in training on Dartmoor, England. One of the 3 missiles has already been fired
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