FIM-92 Stinger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The FIM-92 Stinger is a personal portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile developed in the United States and entered into service in 1981. Used by the militaries of the U.S. and by 29 other c...
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The Stinger missile round is common to all of these platforms and is used and interchanged without modification. Ground-based units use; Stinger for air defense mis-sions in the man-portable air defense system (MANPADS) configuration or integrated on a variety of vehicles or ground mounts.
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Stinger Weapon System; The Stinger missile is world's most advanced fire-and-forget and lethal air defense weapon designed to defeat the advanced threats of today and tomorrow.
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www.hughesmissiles.com/production_programs/stinger/stin...
www.hughesmissiles.com/production_programs/stinger/stinger.htm
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The Stinger missile, a full-dimensional protection weapon, is the Army's system for short-range air defense that provides the ground maneuver commander force protection against low-altitude airborne targets such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, and cruise missiles.
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www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/stinger....
www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/stinger.htm
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The CIA responded by arming the mujahideen with the SA-7, a shoulder fired surface-to-air-missile built by the Soviets and once used by the Vietcong. An imitation of the American Redeye, The SA-7 was a heat-seeker small enough to be carried on mule-back. ... One option remained, the American Stinger. The Stinger was an...
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www.warlordsofafghanistan.com/stinger-missile.php
www.warlordsofafghanistan.com/stinger-missile.php
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This is an old video on the Stinger. It has some clips of the missile system in-action, but it's not the best quality. ... stinger missile part 2...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyrDh2K7b8M
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Associated Press Photos/David Stewart Smith An Afghan fighter with a C.I.A.-supplied Stinger missile in late 1987 or early 1988, during the war against the Soviet Union.
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thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/another-stinger-mi...
thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/another-stinger-missile-plot-misfires/
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A Stinger missile is deadly to passenger airlines as they take off or land. They are small, lightweight and portable and can be easily hidden inside a car or a van. They have heat sensors in the tip and a computer that guides them straight to an airline's engines.
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www.aztlan.net/stinger.htm
www.aztlan.net/stinger.htm
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