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.

See also

• FIM-43 Redeye, the missile the Stinger replaced in US service.
• Anti-aircraft warfare
• M-1097 Avenger, the Stinger launch vehicle.
• M2 Bradley stinger fighting vehicle.
• List of crew served weapons of the US Armed Forces.
• Igla, during the cold war, the Soviet Unions equivalent missile.