Blowpipe Missile System

Blowpipe is a man-portable surface-to-air missile which was in use with the British Army and Royal Marines from 1968. It was superseded by an interim design, Javelin, and the Starstreak missile.
The missile is powered by a short duration rocket to launch then by a main rocket. Guidance is by a small thumb joystick - the operator aided by a flare in the tail of the missile has to guide it to the target. Detonation is either by proximity or contact fuse. The controller can then be removed from the empty missile container and fitted to a new round.