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FIM-92 Stinger

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FIM-92 Stinger

It is classified as a Man-Portable Air-Defense System (MANPADS) . Light to carry and easy to operate, the FIM-92 Stinger is a passive surface-to-air missile, shoulder-fired by a single...

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Soko G-4 Super Galeb

...is that of aircraft No.23733 flown by Second Lieutenant Brаnislаv Ivаnоvski, damaged over Licki Ribnik by a FIM-92 Stinger surface-to-air missile fired by Croatian forces. He landed safely...

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RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile

...anti-ship missile). Then, the terminal guidance is done by an infrared seeker derived from that of the FIM-92 Stinger missile. In test firings, the Block 0 missiles achieved hit...

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FIM-43 Redeye

...after about 85,000 rounds had been built - in anticipation of the Redeye II, which would later become the FIM-92 Stinger. The Redeye was withdrawn gradually between 1982 and 1995 as...

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QW-1 Vanguard

...is the Chinese version of 9K310 (SA-16 Gimlet) Igla-1 missile systems incorporating some features of FIM-92 Stinger. According to many domestic Chinese media sources and some...

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M163 VADS

...the M48 and M163 were both replaced in US service by the M1097 Avenger and the M6 Linebacker (M2 Bradley with FIM-92 Stinger missiles instead of the standard TOW anti-tank missiles): the...

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Kashtan

...to the SACLOS guided missile such as the SA-N-11 , infrared guided missile can also be used, such as the FIM-92 Stinger, SA-18 Grouse, and Mistral missile. Depends on the different...

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Scott Levy (actor)

...graduating from Lake Brantley High School in 1990, he served in the United States Marine Corps as a FIM-92 Stinger Missile Gunner during the Persian Gulf War, earning the National...

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MQM-107 Streaker

...and training. The US Army uses the drone for testing various Surface-to-air missile systems such as the FIM-92 Stinger and the MIM-104 Patriot. The USAF uses them in practice engagments...

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Air Assault Infantry Regiment 1 (Germany)

...with a wide range of weapons such as a mounted BGM-71 TOW guided anti-tank missile, a 20 mm autocannon, a FIM-92 Stinger system (called LeFlaSys) or a mounted 120 mm mortar .

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LAV-25

...with an electric turret mounting a 25 mm GAU-12 Equalizer gatling cannon, and two, four missile pods, which contain FIM-92 Stinger SAM (Surface-To-Air Missiles). It carries 990 rounds of...

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Infrared homing

...much more "noise" at higher temperatures.) Modern all-aspect missiles like the AIM-9M Sidewinder and FIM-92 Stinger use compressed gas or liquid nitrogen to cool their sensors in order...