20 June 2019
US Army retrofits Stinger missiles with proximity fuses for drones
By Hemanth Kumar and Talal Husseini
The US Army is retrofitting Raytheon-built surface-to-air Stinger missiles with proximity fuses to allow soldiers to perform counter-drone missions.
The enhancement will enable the lightweight, self-contained Stinger missiles to counter the increasing threat of enemy drones.
The air defence system will be able to destroy a wider range of battlefield threats by detonating its warhead near the target.
Raytheon Land Warfare Systems vice-president Sam Deneke said: “The Stinger enhancement gives our troops exactly what they need – an affordable and effective way to defeat the growing number of enemy UAS targets in the skies above the battlefield.
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