US Offers Stinger Missiles To India

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So they are not offering hellfire missile with Apaches ????
 

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So they are not offering hellfire missile with Apaches ????
not sure if they are not.
In any case Nimrod and Spike NLOS are able and maybe better replacements.
Indian Army is already going for Spikes.
 

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according to wkiki....pak operates RBS 70, stinger and mistral....is that true...??
 

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if the US is offering it then it must be outdated or it must cost a hell of a lot more than the competirors
 

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according to wkiki....pak operates RBS 70, stinger and mistral....is that true...??
yes
Mouz is a Talha based APC Carrying RBS-70 Weapon System along with its crew of 4 persons.
 

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well Stinger block 2 has a range of 8000 meters which is the same as the RBS-70, it is combat proven and comes at fraction of the cost. Furthermore, it is truly man portable with the complete system weighing only 15 kgs. Any soldier standing can fire within a moments notice. Stinger was the nightmare that ended the soviet occupation of Afghanistan. I think we should order it for our soldiers. With TOT we can make those at home in large numbers.

Raytheon FIM-92 Stinger
 

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well Stinger block 2 has a range of 8000 meters which is the same as the RBS-70, it is combat proven and comes at fraction of the cost. Furthermore, it is truly man portable with the complete system weighing only 15 kgs. Any soldier standing can fire within a moments notice. Stinger was the nightmare that ended the soviet occupation of Afghanistan. I think we should order it for our soldiers. With TOT we can make those at home in large numbers.
Is that your assumption ? . It can not hit a helicopter at a height of 4.8 km
 

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Any source?


Both Spike NLOS and Nimrod are heavy missiles. Spike ER is more suitable for Apaches.
It all depends on the application. Nimrod and Spike NLOS can be game changers with their huge range.

Link re: Indian Army buying spikes - Rafael in $1b Indian anti-tank missile deal - Globes

according to wkiki....pak operates RBS 70, stinger and mistral....is that true...??
Yes

what will we do with missile with 8 km range on helicopter.
Choppers fly low.
 

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well Stinger block 2 has a range of 8000 meters which is the same as the RBS-70, it is combat proven and comes at fraction of the cost. Furthermore, it is truly man portable with the complete system weighing only 15 kgs. Any soldier standing can fire within a moments notice. Stinger was the nightmare that ended the soviet occupation of Afghanistan. I think we should order it for our soldiers. With TOT we can make those at home in large numbers.

Raytheon FIM-92 Stinger
Pakistanis had stingers on every mountain top during Kargil War.
 

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How much it takes for a nation to make her own MANPADS ? Are their any plans for India designing her own MANPADS needs? it is a complicated piece of technology not to have it yet?
 
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How much it takes for a nation to make her own MANPADS ? Are their any plans for India designing her own MANPADS needs? it is a complicated piece of technology not to have it yet?
India has IGLA'S; the seeker is usually the complicated part.
 

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well Stinger block 2 has a range of 8000 meters which is the same as the RBS-70
The ground launched version has a range of 4.8km, the air launched version has an 8km range but it isn't effective at it.
 

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Our politicians dont have balls to take on our adversary then what use is some thing like this system which is best used by solders behind enemy line to counter their air power?

Waste of money we may invest more on short/Medium/Long SAM instead as we are more of a defensive nation.
 

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The moment one names stinger missile, the deadly propaganda of it being losses of Soviet Union props up in mind. This mat actually be for from true. read the summary of a study here:

STINGER MISSILES IN AFGHANISTAN

The alleged performance of STINGER missiles in Afghanistan in the 1980s was grossly exaggerated. By comparing the number of STINGERs provided to the Afghans with the number of aircraft downed, the impossibility of the accepted claims about effectiveness is shown. The success rate of the STINGERs against all aircraft is calculated to have been, at best, in the 20% range. Even after the STINGERs arrived in Afghanistan, the majority of aircraft continued to be downed by less sophisticated weapons, and the maximum total number of aircraft that may have been downed by STINGERs is calculated as 150 over three years, with the actual number most likely less than that. A well documented chronology of events shows that the STINGERs did not initiate, or increase the rate of, the decline in air attacks against the Afghan Resistance in the latter years of the war. Logical analysis refutes the idea that the relatively small military and economic costs that resulted from the STINGERs had any significant influence on the course of the war, or on the Soviets' decision to withdraw from Afghanistan which evidence indicates had been made before the deployment of the STINGERs..
 

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stinger is over rated trash
heat seeker manpads are easy to jam and destroy(primitive seeker) via laser or microwave
rbs 70 ng passive laser guidance (Saab) or imi red sky stinger model (imaging seeker) are far better
 

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