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The Umkhonto is a South African family of modern short to medium range, all-weather capable vertical launch (VLS) surface-to-air missiles (SAM) manufactured by South Africa's Denel Dynamics (formerly known as Kentron). The missile and associated subsystems are supplied as a missile group for easy integration into naval combat suites or ground-based air defence systems.
Umkhonto has been designed to counter a wide variety of air-borne threats, such as: multiple combat aircraft (fixed-wing or helicopter), anti-ship missiles, anti-radiation missiles, UAVs and drones as well as supersonic cruise missiles. When coupled with a modern air-defence system and multi-function surveillance track and guidance radars, the Umkhonto missile system has the capability to simultaneously engage multiple targets during saturation attacks.
Umkhonto is available in three variants, a short range infrared homing (Umkhonto-IR), a medium range infrared homing (Umkhonto-ER-IR) and a beyond visual range radar homing version (Umkhonto-R).
Umkhonto may refer to:
- Umkhonto, the Zulu word for spear
- SAS Umkhonto, a South African Navy submarine
- Umkhonto (missile), a South African surface-to-air missile
- Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa.
- Umkhonto We Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), a reggae album by Prince Far I