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BPortable air defence
Man-portable air-defense system SHORAD Very short-range air-to-air missile
At a glance
FIM-92 Stingerlarger figure on 1 of 3
Sungurlarger figure on 2 of 3
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Length
Single sourceAt launch In flight
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | FIM-92 Stinger | Sungur |
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| Type | Man-portable surface-to-air missile[source] | Man-portable air-defense system SHORAD Very short-range air-to-air missile[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | Turkey[source] |
| In service | 1981–present[source] | 2022 -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 source1.68 m[source]
Maximum; Mach 2.2 (
Single sourceMaximum; Maximum speed
Single sourceMach 2.2 (2,440 ft/s; 745 m/s)[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]
Syria Civil War 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] | Roketsan[source] |
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| Unit cost | FIM-92A: U.S.$ 38,000 (missile only, 1980 FY) ($119,320 2020 FY )[source] | — |
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| Produced | 1978–present[source] | 2022-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] | High explosive semi armor piercing[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | Impact[source] | Programmable impact fuze[source] |
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| Engine | Solid-fuel rocket motor[source] | Two-Stage solid-propellant rocket[source] |
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| Guidance system | Infrared homing[source] | Imaging infrared homing[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] | MANPADS Ground vehicles Naval platforms Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)[source] |
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| References | Janes[source] | Roketsan[source] |
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| Developed into | — | Levent[source] |
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| Flight altitude | — | 4 km (sea level)[source] |
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