IIRC PLA experimented with using MANPADS to shoot down cruise missile and actually pulled it off successfully against target drones playing the part. But such things are extremely dependent on good ISR and informationization of all element involved. And even then its only really possible if the cruise missile directly overfly the MANPADS operator. It's considered by PLA to be a gimmick capability.
If you go into Vietnamese military forums you can see them discuss this same idea in the context of having their Tarantul class corvettes take on PLAN 052D and 055. The younger members would theoritise that if Tarantul go pedal to the metal and zigzag while the crew line up on deck with MANPADS they could dodge/shoot down YJ missile for long enough to get in range for launching Uran missile. The more experienced members would then shoot their idea down and tell them you'll barely know a cruise missile is coming before it hits, much less know which way to point the MANPADS.
I find it hard to believe this is a solved problem for Ukraine, outside of extremely rare circumstances.
If you go into Vietnamese military forums you can see them discuss this same idea in the context of having their Tarantul class corvettes take on PLAN 052D and 055. The younger members would theoritise that if Tarantul go pedal to the metal and zigzag while the crew line up on deck with MANPADS they could dodge/shoot down YJ missile for long enough to get in range for launching Uran missile. The more experienced members would then shoot their idea down and tell them you'll barely know a cruise missile is coming before it hits, much less know which way to point the MANPADS.
I find it hard to believe this is a solved problem for Ukraine, outside of extremely rare circumstances.
