The FIM-92 Stinger missile is a MANPAD (man-portable air-defense system shoulder-fired) that specializes in taking out helicopters. Stingers have been around in numbers since the late 1970s. They were originally developed by General Dynamics and are now made by Raytheon Missile Systems. The Stinger can also target low-flying airplanes and drones, even enemy cruise missiles.
The Stingers can go after what is believed to be a force of over 500 Russian helicopters. Modernized Stingers have a proximity fuse that explodes the rocket near a target.
In a report, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the Su-25 attack aircraft while participating in the special operation in Kyiv was “hit by a missile of a mobile air defense system launched by a member of the Ukrainian armed forces”. shot from the ground”.
Ukraine says it has shot down nearly 160 Russian planes, including 90 helicopters, since Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24.
Among the weapons the West has rushed to provide Ukraine in recent years is a significant amount of US Stinger man-portable air defense missiles.
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