The FIM-92 Stinger is a personal portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM) which can be adapted to fire from ground vehicles or helicopters (as an AAM) developed in the United States and entered into service in 1981. Used by the militaries of the United States and by 29 other countries it is manufactured by Raytheon Missile Systems under license by EADS in Germany and by Roketsan in Turkey with 70000 missiles produced.
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length (km)
1.52
weight (kg)
15195.6
diameter (km)
0.070104
origin
United States
type
Man-portable air-defense systems
used in war
Falklands War, Kargil War, Yugoslav Wars, Invasion of Grenada, Soviet war in Afghanistan, Angolan Civil War
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