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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on September 21, 2017, 09:20:10 am
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New Stinger Missile Fuse Destroys Mini-Drones
Scout Warrior - Sep 19, 1:10 PM
The Army’s well-known Stinger missile can now destroy small, moving drones using a newer proximity fuze to detonate near a target, service developers said.
Firing from a vehicle-mounted Avenger System, a Stinger missile destroyed a mini-drone more than one kilometer away using a proximity fuse – technology used to find and hit moving targets that are smaller than what the weapon has traditionally been used for.
http://scout.com/military/warrior/Article/Famous-Army-Stinger-Missile-Proximity-Fuse-Now-Destroys-Moving-M-101459510