stinger fin 92 is a manned portable air defense system m-a-n-p-a-d-s developed by general dynamics
to provide high accuracy and enhanced air defense capabilities to the armed forces
raytheon missile systems is the primary manufacturer of the stinker while the
missile is also produced under licensed by eds the legal surface-to-air missile sam can be deployed
for defense against all classes of helicopters unmanned aerial vehicles uavs cruise missiles
as well as low level fixed and rotary wing aircraft it offers supersonic speed and agility
the us army deployed the stinger missiles with the land forces armed helicopters and
bradley tract fighting vehicles the missiles are also used by the u.s navy u.s marine corps
u.s air force usaf and a number of other countries more than 30 stinger missiles
were successfully test-fired against aerial and fixed targets at the eglin air force base range
stinger sam design and features
the shoulder fired fire and forget stinger sam system employs a rolling airframe counter control
concept it is controlled by two operators and can operate under all weather conditions
the front section of the missile is equipped with a two color rosette scanning seeker with infrared
ir slash ultraviolet uv detectors to acquire the targets the ir detector is
used to sense the hot exhaust gases while the uv detector is used to track radiation
the information acquired by the seeker is sent to the passive highly accurate homing
guidance and control system the missile is guided by proportional navigation
the stinger missile has a length of 1.52 m a diameter of 7.62 cm and a fin span of 10.16 cm
the system weighs around 10 kg while the total weight including that of grip stock is 15.87 kg
the combat proven missile system is fitted with four tail fins
a dual thrust flight motor lithium battery coolant unit bcu computer-based full-up simulations
and belt pack identification friend or foe iff transceiver a reusable launch tube with a grip
stock provides target tracking a separate launch motor is also fitted at the tail
stinger sam warhat
the stinger missile system is equipped with a conventional high explosive
penetrating hit-to-kill warhead projectile supplied by american ordnance
it consists of an impact fuse assembly a self-destruct timer and up to one lb of high
explosives encased in a pyrophoric titanium cylinder the lethal warhead weighs 3 kg
propulsion
the stinger missile is propelled by a two-stage boost sustainer solid propellant flight motor
which provides a speed of more than mach 2. the motor is powered by improved composite
solid propellants the propulsion system ensures the missile operates at a maximum
altitude of approximately ten thousand ft and provides a maximum range of five miles
stinger sam variants the stinger sam system has been developed in
four variants including the basic stinger singer passive optical seeker technique posd
stinger reprogrammable microprocessor rmp fim-92d and sticker block i fim -92e
the basic platform is equipped with an ir reticle scan analog seeker with discrete
component signal processing at the front part the stinger post uses an ir slash uv dual detector
rosette image scanning and digital microprocessor based signal processing
with new external software reprogrammability