Army brings back the Stinger missile in the face of Russian aggression
By: Kyle Rempfer   1 day ago
The Army has intensified the training soldiers receive on the FIM-92 Stinger — a man-portable, air defense missile — after nearly 15 years of moving away from the weapon system.
The Stinger has been around since the late 1970s, according to the Army. As counterinsurgency became the Army’s primary mission focus, however, training drifted away from the shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/2018/01/16/army-brings-back-the-stinger-missile-in-the-face-of-russian-aggression/
