The Jordanian company Jadara Equipment and Defense Systems is developing a portable anti-aircraft missile complex. The new MANPADS “Hunter” concept was presented at the “SOFEX 2022” defense exhibition. At the exhibition, a representative of the Jordanian company confirmed that the complex is already under development. The brochure listed the technical characteristics, which indicated that the missile has a length of 1.5 m and a caliber of 72 mm. It is stated that the total weight of the anti-aircraft complex will be 16-17 kilograms.

MANPADS “Hunter” will be able to aim at targets at an altitude of 3800 meters using an infrared homing head (IR). Photos used in Jadara’s brochure and poster show a launcher very similar to the MANPADS “FN-6” made in China. MANPADS “FN-6” and “The Hunter” have a similar box in which the battery is installed and a conical cover to cover the main unit of the missile.

An image of the Hunter missile in the brochure showed it to have an unusual pyramidal head like the FN-6, but other promotional photos showed a more traditional domed head. Also, the features provided by Jadara for “The Hunter” are very similar to “FN-6”.

As a reminder, Jadara Equipment and Defense Systems now offers its customers anti-tank weapons. In 2018, the company began production of the Terminator anti-tank missile complex, which is a licensed version of the Ukrainian light anti-tank missile system Korsar from the Luch Design Bureau.

Jadara Terminator assembly process at a factory in Jordan Photo: Jadara Equipment and Defense Systems The company also assembles Russian RPG-32 “Nashshab” grenade launchers. At the same time, the level of localization is quite low, most of the parts for these grenade launchers come to Jordan from Russia. Source