Air-to-Air Stinger vs Python (missile)

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AMissiles

Air-to-Air Stinger

air-to-air missile system

BMissiles

Python (missile)

Short-range air-to-air missile

First system

Second system

At a glance

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Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Air-to-Air StingerATAS · Length

1.52 m

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Python (missile)Length

3.1 m

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1.52mATAS · Length

3.1m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

1.52 m

ATAS · Length

Single source

1.52 m (60 in)^[source]

3.1 m

Length

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Configuration

Details

Air-to-Air Stinger and Python (missile) configuration
Specification	Air-to-Air Stinger	Python (missile)
Type	air-to-air missile system^[source]	Short-range air-to-air missile^[source]
Launch platform	helicopters such as the AH-64 Apache , T129 ATAK , Eurocopter Tiger , and also UAVs such as the MQ-1 Predator^[source]	Aircraft: BAE Sea Harrier CASA C-101 Aviojet F-4E Kurnass 2000 F-5E/F Tiger-II McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon Dassault Mirage III Dassault Mirage 5 Dassault Mirage 2000 Eurofighter Typhoon IAI Nesher/Dagger/Finder IAI Kfir HAL Tejas KAI T-50 Golden Eagle Leonardo M-346FA Master Saab JAS 39 Gripen Sukhoi Su-30MKI Su-25KM Scorpion^[source]
Used by	US Army^[source]	See operators^[source]
Guidance

Warhead	3 kg (6.6 lb) HE blast fragmentation^[source]	11 kg (24 lb 4 oz)^[source]

Propulsion	Dual thrust solid fuel rocket motor^[source]	—

Country of origin	United States^[source]Inventory Origin column; table 34, row 3, cell 3; revision 1376486574; retrieved 2026-09-30	—

Place of origin	—	Israel^[source]

Wars	—	Yom Kippur War Falklands War 1982 Lebanon War 2006 Lebanon War^[source]

Manufacturer	—	Rafael Advanced Defense Systems^[source]

Unit cost	—	Shafrir series: Shafrir-1: US$20,000^[source]

Produced	—	Shafrir series: 1961–1983 Python series: 1980–present^[source]

Detonation mechanism	—	proximity^[source]

Engine	—	solid fuel rocket motor^[source]

Flight altitude	—	N/A^[source]

Guidance system	—	infrared homing + 320×240 pixel dual waveband electro-optical imaging seeker, lock on after launch, with infrared counter-counter-measures (IRCCM)^[source]

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