Will we see heavirr, longer ranged manpads able to hit high flying bomber?
No and how the fuck can this piece of shit hold an igla like that?
this won't make you relevant Sam
The chemical energy to reach altitude is probably your limiting factor when trying to make something man-portable. Warheads are usually only 2 (SA-7) to 6 (FIM-92) pounds, so going to a hit-to-kill design probably won't gain you much since the sensor and command electronics will need to be improved for precision. It would probably be better to utilize throttleable air-augmented rocket tech akin to the MBDA Meteor which would have the ability to accelerate from the near zero launch conditions that you'd get with a MANPAD ejection motor and start bringing in additional oxygen. If you get a similar increase in specific impulse over the existing solid propellant grain, that's close to a tripling of range. So you're going from 15,000 feet to nearly 45,000 feet.The question is, would the additional electrical requirements of the throttleable motor be too much for the onboard single use battery?The Stinger is getting replaced, so that's probably the most likely point for tech insertion.