FIM-92 Stinger

The FIM-92 Stinger is a man portable infra-red homing surface-to-air missile developed in the United States and used by all the US armed services, with whom it entered service in 1981. The basic Stinger missile has to date been responsible for 270 confirmed kills of aircraft.

Cost

In 1987 the US government was paying about USD $62,000 per missile, this was reduced to around $35,000 in 1988 by placing a multi-year contract for 20,000 missiles. In 1991 an order was placed for 1333 missiles at a cost of around USD $26,000 per missile.

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The Swiss government placed an order for 2,500 missiles in 1988 at a cost of around USD $126,000 per missile.

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In 2002, the United States sold 69 Stinger missiles and associated equipment (vehicle-mounted launch platforms, target acquisition radars, training equipment, et cetera) to Lithuania for USD 34 million http://www.dsca.osd.mil/PressReleases/36-b/Lithuania_02-33.pdf. If one third of the cost of the contract was for the missiles themselves, the unit price would be about USD $165,000.

Related Topics:
2002 - United States - Radar - Lithuania - USD

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