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BPortable air defence
Short-range Air Defense (SHORAD) Man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS)
At a glance
FIM-92 Stingerlarger figure on 1 of 3
RBS 70larger figure on 2 of 3
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Measured figures
Length
Single sourceAt launch In flight
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | FIM-92 Stinger | RBS 70 |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Man-portable surface-to-air missile[source] | Short-range Air Defense (SHORAD) Man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS)[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | Sweden[source] |
| In service | 1981–present[source] | 1977–present[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | — |
| Wars |
At launch – 5 ft (1.53 m) In flight – 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)[source]
Length
Single source1.32 m[source]
Warhead weight
Single source6.6 lb (3 kg)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Falklands War Soviet–Afghan War Iran–Iraq War Gulf War Angolan Civil War Sri Lankan Civil War Chadian–Libyan conflict Tajikistani Civil War Kargil War Yugoslav Wars Invasion of Grenada Second Chechen War War in Afghanistan Iraq War Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013–2017) Russo-Ukrainian War[source]
Iran–Iraq War 1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempts Russian invasion of Ukraine[source] |
| Designer | General Dynamics[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1967[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Raytheon Missiles & Defense[source] | Bofors Defence (1980s–2000) Saab Bofors Dynamics (since 2000)[source] |
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| Unit cost | FIM-92A: U.S.$ 38,000 (missile only, 1980 FY) ($119,320 2020 FY )[source] | 3.3 million EUR in 2023[source] |
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| Produced | 1978–present[source] | — |
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| Variants | FIM-92A, FIM-92B, FIM-92C, FIM-92D, FIM-92G[source] | — |
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| Warhead | HE-FRAG[source] | 1.1 kg combined with 3,000 tungsten spheres and shaped charge[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | Impact[source] | Adaptive proximity fuze function with 3 selectable modes (Off, Normal, Small target)[source] |
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| Engine | Solid-fuel rocket motor[source] | Booster and sustainer with smokeless solid propellant[source] |
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| Guidance system | Infrared homing[source] | Laser beam riding missile[source] |
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| Launch platform | MANPADS , M6 Linebacker , Multi-Mission Launcher , Eurocopter Tiger , AN/TWQ-1 Avenger , MQ-1 Predator , AH-64 Apache , T129 ATAK[source] | tripod, weapon platform ( ASRAD-R ) and warship[source] |
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| References | Janes[source] | — |
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| Flight altitude | — | 5,000 m[source] |
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| Reported operators |
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