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TheFIM-92 Stingeris an Americanman-portable air-defense system(MANPADS) that operates as aninfrared homingsurface-to-air missile(SAM). It can be adapted to fire from a wide variety of ground vehicles, and from helicopters and drones as theAir-to-Air Stinger(ATAS). It entered service in 1981 and is used by the militaries of theUnited Statesand 29 other countries. It is principally manufactured byRaytheon Missiles & Defenseand is produced under license byAirbus Defence and SpaceinGermanyand byRoketsaninTurkey.

FIM-92 Stinger
FIM-92 Stinger launcher
TypeMan-portable surface-to-air missile
Place of originUnited States
Service history
In service1981–present
Used bySeeOperators
WarsFalklands War
Soviet–Afghan War
Iran–Iraq War
Gulf War
Angolan Civil War
Sri Lankan Civil War
Chadian–Libyan conflict
Tajikistani Civil War
Kargil War
Yugoslav Wars
Invasion of Grenada
Second Chechen War
War in Afghanistan
Iraq War
Syrian Civil War
War in Iraq (2013–2017)
Russo-Ukrainian War
Production history
DesignerGeneral Dynamics
Designed1967
ManufacturerRaytheon Missiles & Defense
Unit costFIM-92A:U.S.$38,000 (missile only, 1980 FY)
($119,320 2020 FY[1])
Produced1978–present
VariantsFIM-92A, FIM-92B, FIM-92C, FIM-92D, FIM-92G
Specifications
Mass
  • Missile – 22 lb (10.1 kg)
  • System – 35 lb (15.7 kg)
Length
  • At launch – 5 ft (1.53 m)
  • In flight – 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
Diameter2.8 in (70 mm)
Wingspan6.3 in (160 mm)
Crew1
Effective firing range0.1–5 mi (0.16–8.05 km)
WarheadHE-FRAG
Warhead weight6.6 lb (3 kg)
Detonation
mechanism
Impact
EngineSolid-fuel rocketmotor
Maximum speedMach 2.2 (2,440 ft/s; 745 m/s)
Guidance
system
Infrared homing
Launch
platform
MANPADS,M6 Linebacker,Multi-Mission Launcher,Eurocopter Tiger,AN/TWQ-1 Avenger,MQ-1 Predator,AH-64 Apache,T129 ATAK[2]
ReferencesJanes[3]

Description

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The FIM-92 Stinger is a passivesurface-to-air missilethat can be shoulder-fired by a single operator (although standard military procedure calls for two operators – team chief and gunner).[4]The Stinger was intended to supplant theFIM-43 Redeyesystem, the principal difference being that, unlike the Redeye, the Stinger can acquire the target from head-on, giving much more time to acquire and destroy the target. The FIM-92B missile can also be fired from theM1097 Avengerand theM6 Linebacker.The missile is also capable of being deployed from aHumveeStinger rack and can be used by airborne troops. A helicopter launched version exists and is calledAir-to-Air Stinger(ATAS).

The missile is 5.0 ft (1.52 m) long and 2.8 in (70 mm) in diameter, with 3.9 in (100 mm) fins. The missile itself weighs 22 lb (10.1 kg), while the missile with its launch tube and integral sight, fitted with a gripstock andidentification friend or foe(IFF) antenna, weighs approximately 34 lb (15.2 kg). It has a targeting range of up to 15,700 feet (4,800 m) and can engage low-altitude enemy threats at up to 12,500 feet (3,800 m).

The Stinger is launched by a small ejection motor that pushes it a safe distance from the operator before engaging the main two-stage solid-fuel sustainer, which accelerates it to a maximum speed of Mach 2.54 (1,930 mph; 864 m/s). The warhead contains 2.25 lb (1.02 kg) of HTA-3[5](a mix ofHMX,TNT,and aluminium powder) explosive with animpact fuzeand a self-destruct timer that functions 17 seconds after launch.

M134 Stinger Tracking Trainer with IFF antenna unfolded
A paratrooper with E Battery, 3rd Battalion,4th Air Defense Artillery Regimentpractices jumping from a 34-foot tower with the FIM-92 Stinger
Launcher with IFF antenna folded

To fire the missile, a BCU (Battery Coolant Unit) is inserted into the gripstock. This device consists of a supply of high-pressure gaseousargon,which is injected into the seeker to cryogenically cool it to operating temperature, and athermal battery,which provides power for target acquisition: a single BCU provides power and coolant for roughly 45 seconds, after which another must be inserted if the missile has not been fired. The BCUs are somewhat sensitive to abuse and have a limitedshelf lifedue to argon leakage. The IFF system receives power from arechargeable battery,which is part of the IFF interrogator box, which plugs into the base of the gripstock's pistol grip. Guidance to the target is initially throughproportional navigation,then switches to another mode that directs the missile towards the targetairframeinstead of itsexhaust plume.

There are three main variants in use: the Stinger Basic, Stinger-Passive Optical Seeker Technique (POST), and Stinger-Reprogrammable Microprocessor (RMP). These correspond to the FIM-92A, FIM-92B, and FIM-92C and later variants respectively.

The POST and RMP variants have a dual-detector seeker:IRandUV.This allows it to distinguish targets fromcountermeasuresmuch better than theRedeyeand FIM-92A, which have IR-only. While modern flares can have an IR signature that is closely matched to the launching aircraft's engine exhaust, there is a readily distinguishable difference in UV signature between flares and jet engines. The Stinger-RMP is so-called because of its ability to load a new set of software viaROMchip inserted in the grip at the depot. If this download to the missile fails during power-up, basic functionality runs off the onboard ROM. The four-processor RMP has 4 KB ofRAMfor eachprocessor.Since the downloaded code runs from RAM, there is little space to spare, particularly for processors dedicated to seeker input processing and target analysis.

History

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A U.S. Marine fires a FIM-92 Stinger missile during a July 2009 training exercise in California.
4 Stinger missiles on a Dutch ArmyFennekreconnaissance vehicle.

The missile began as a program byGeneral Dynamicsto produce an improved variant of their 1967FIM-43 Redeye.Production of the Redeye ran from 1969 to 1982, with a total production of around 85,000 missiles. The program was accepted for further development as Redeye II by the U.S. Army in 1971 and designated FIM-92; theStingerappellation was chosen in 1972. Because of technical difficulties that dogged testing, the first shoulder launch was not until mid-1975. Production of the FIM-92A began in 1978. An improved Stinger with a new seeker, the FIM-92B, was produced from 1983 alongside the FIM-92A. Production of both the A and B types ended in 1987 with around 16,000 missiles produced.

The replacement FIM-92C began development in 1984, and production began in 1987. The first examples were delivered to frontline units in 1989. C-type missiles were fitted with a reprogrammable microprocessor, allowing for incrementalfirmwareupdates. Later missiles designated D received improvements to improve their ability to defeat countermeasures, and later upgrades to the D were designated G.

The FIM-92E or Stinger RMP Block I was developed from 1992 and delivered from 1995 (certain sources state that the FIM-92D is also part of the Block I development). The main changes were again in the sensor and the software, improving the missile's performance against low-signature targets. A software upgrade in 2001 was designated FIM-92F. The development of the Stinger RMP Block II began in 1996 using a new focal plane array sensor to improve the missile's effectiveness in "high clutter" environments and increase the engagement range to about 25,000 feet (7,600 m). Production was scheduled for 2004, but was cancelled due to budget cuts.[6]

Since 1984 the Stinger has been issued to manyU.S. Navywarshipsforpoint defense,particularly inMiddle Easternwaters, with a three-man team that can perform other duties when not conducting Stinger training or maintenance. Until it was decommissioned in September 1993, the U.S. Navy had at least one Stinger Gunnery Detachment attached to Beachmaster Unit Two in Little Creek Virginia. The sailors of this detachment would deploy tocarrier battlegroupsin teams of two to four sailors per ship as requested by Battle Group Commanders.

Replacement

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The original Stinger's reprogrammable microprocessor has become obsolete in 2023, and a service life extension will keep the Block I in service until 2030. With the arsenal declining from obsolescence, on 10 November 2020 the U.S. Army issued a request for information for a replacement MANPADS. The new system will be compatible with the Stinger Vehicle Universal Launcher used on theIM-SHORADand be able to defeat fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, as well asGroup 2 and 3 UASas well as or better than the Stinger. A contract for up to 8,000 missiles is planned to be awarded by 2026.[7][8]The request for information to interested firms only went out in April 2022,[9]andRTXandLockheed Martinwere selected to competitively develop the Stinger replacement in September 2023.[10]

According to Reuters, the U.S. government has signed a contract for 1,468 Stingers worth a total of $687 million, to replenish stock sent to Ukraine.[11]Raytheon Chief Executive Greg Hayes said on 26 April 2022: "Some of the components are no longer commercially available, and so we're going to have to go out and redesign some of the electronics in the missile of the seeker head. That's going to take us a little bit of time".[11]

In January 2023, the U.S. Army said it expected to increase Stinger production to 60 missiles per month by 2025, an increase of 50% from the current rate. The Dual Detector Assembly (DDA) will be redesigned because a previous DDA part is no longer being made. The old DDA will continue to be used in production up until stocks are exhausted, which is expected by 2026 when deliveries of Stingers with the new component are expected to begin.[12]

Variants

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  • Air-to-Air Stinger(ATAS): Used as short rangeair-to-air missile.The system is mainly designed forattack helicopters.
  • FIM-92A:Stinger Basic:The basic model.
  • FIM-92B:Stinger POST:In this version, the infrared seeker head was replaced by a combined IR/UVseeker that utilizedrosette scanning.This resulted in achieving significantly higher resistance to enemy countermeasures (flares) and natural disturbances. Production ran from 1981 to 1987; a total of 600 missiles were produced.
  • FIM-92C:Stinger RMP:The resistance to interference was increased again by adding more powerful digital computer components. Moreover, the software of the missile could now be reconfigured in a short time in order to respond quickly and efficiently to new types of countermeasures. Until 1991, some 20,000 units were produced for theU.S. Armyalone.
  • FIM-92D:Various modifications were continued with this version in order to increase the resistance to interference.
  • FIM-92E:Stinger—RMP Block I:By adding a new rollover sensor and revised control software, the flight behavior was significantly improved. Additionally, the performance against small targets such asdrones,cruise missilesand light reconnaissance helicopters was improved. The first deliveries began in 1995. Almost the entire stock of U.S. Stinger missiles was replaced by this version.
  • FIM-92F:A further improvement of the E version and the current production version.
  • FIM-92G:An unspecified upgrade for the D variant.
  • FIM-92H:Indicates a D variant that has been upgraded to the E standard.
  • Stinger—RMP Block II:This variant was a planned developed based on the E version. The improvements included an imaging infrared seeker head from theAIM-9X.With this modification, the detection distance and the resistance to jamming was to be greatly increased. Changes to the airframe would furthermore enable a significant increase in range. Although the missile reached the testing phase, the program was dropped in 2002 for budgetary reasons.
  • FIM-92J:Block I missile upgrade to replace aging components to extend service life an additional 10 years. Upgrades include aproximity fuzewarheadsection, equipped with a target detection device to increase effectiveness againstunmanned aerial vehicles,[13][14]a new flight motor and gas generator cartridge, as well as new designs for theo-ringsand integraldesiccantcartridge.[15]
  • FIM-92K:Variant of FIM-92J designed to use a vehicledatalinkrather than the missile's own seeker for targeting.[16]
  • ADSM:Air Defense Suppression Missile:Cancelled experiment variant fitted with a passive radar seeker, designed to be used againstradarwave transmitters.[citation needed]The program began in FY 1983[17]and a final report was issued 3 December 1986.[18]

Service

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U.S. Army soldiers from the11th Air Defense Artillery Brigadestand next to a FIM-92 Stinger portable missile launcher during thePersian Gulf War.
A Stinger missile being launched from a U.S. Marine CorpsAN/TWQ-1 Avengerin April 2000.

Falklands War

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The Stinger's combat debut occurred during theFalklands War(Spanish:Guerra de las Malvinas) fought between the United Kingdom and Argentina. At the onset of the conflict soldiers of theBritish Army'sSpecial Air Service(SAS) had been clandestinely equipped with six missiles, although they had received little instruction in their use. The sole SAS trooper who had received training on the system, and was due to train other troops, was killed in a helicopter crash on 19 May.[19]

Nonetheless, on 21 May 1982 an SAS soldier engaged and shot down an ArgentinePucaráground attack aircraft with a Stinger.[20]On 30 May, at about 11:00 a.m., anAérospatiale SA 330 Pumahelicopter was brought down by another missile, also fired by theSAS,in the vicinity ofMount Kent.SixArgentine National GendarmerieSpecial Forces troops were killed and eight more wounded.[21]

The main MANPADS used by both sides during the Falklands War was theBlowpipe missile.[citation needed]

Soviet War in Afghanistan

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See also:List of Soviet aircraft losses during the Soviet–Afghan War

In late 1985, several groups, such asFree the Eagle,began arguing theCIAwas not doing enough to support theMujahideenin theSoviet–Afghan War.Michael Pillsbury,Vincent Cannistraro,and others put enormous bureaucratic pressure on the CIA to provide the Stinger to the rebels. The idea was controversial because up to that point, the CIA had been operating with the pretense that the United States was not involved in the war directly, for various reasons. All weapons supplied up to that point were non-U.S. sourced weapons, includingKalashnikovstyle assault rifles made inChinaandEgypt.[22]

The final say-so came down toPresidentGeneralMuhammad Zia-ul-Haqof Pakistan, through whom the CIA had to pass all of its funding and weapons to the Mujahideen. President Zia constantly had to gauge how much he could "make the pot boil" in Afghanistan without provoking a Soviet invasion of his own country. According to George Crile III, U.S. RepresentativeCharlie Wilson's relationship with Zia was instrumental in the final go-ahead for the Stinger introduction.[22]

Wilson and his associates at first viewed the Stinger as "just adding another component to the lethal mix we were building."[22]Their increasingly successful Afghanistan strategy, formed largely byMichael G. Vickers,was based on a broad mix of weapons, tactics, and logistics, not a 'silver bulletsolution' of a single weapon. Furthermore, the previous attempts to provideMANPADsto the Mujahideen, namely theSA-7andBlowpipe,hadn't worked very well.[22]

Engineer Ghaffar, ofGulbuddin Hekmatyar'sHezb-i-Islami,brought down the firstHindgunship with a Stinger on 25 September 1986 nearJalalabad.[22][23][24]As part ofOperation Cyclone,the CIA eventually supplied nearly 500 Stingers (some sources claim 1,500–2,000) to the Mujahideen in Afghanistan,[25]and 250 launchers.[26]

The impact of the Stinger on the outcome of the war is contested, particularly in the translation between the impact on the tactical battlefield to the strategic level withdrawal, and the influence the first had on the second.[27]Dr. Robert F. Baumann (of theStaff College at Fort Leavenworth) described its impact on "Soviet tactical operations" as "unmistakable".[28]This opinion was shared by Yossef Bodansky.[29][27]Soviet, and later, Russian, accounts give little significance to the Stinger for strategically ending the war.[25][30][31]

According to the 1993U.S. Air Defense ArtilleryYearbook, the Mujahideen gunners used the supplied Stingers to score approximately 269 total aircraft kills in about 340 engagements, a 79% kill probability.[32]If this report is accurate, Stingers would be responsible for over half ofthe 451 Soviet aircraft losses in Afghanistan.[27]But these statistics are based on Mujahideen self-reporting, which is of unknown reliability.Selig Harrisonrejects such figures, quoting a Russian general who claims the United States "greatly exaggerated" Soviet and Afghan aircraft losses during the war. According to Soviet figures, in 1987–1988, only 35 aircraft and 63 helicopters were destroyed by all causes.[33]ThePakistan Armyfired 28 Stingers at enemy aircraft with no kill.[27]According to Soviet figures, by 25 December 1987, only 38 aircraft (airplanes, helicopters) were lost and 14 more were damaged by MANPADS (Blowpipeor Stinger), or 10.2% kill probability.[34]

According to Crile, who includes information fromAlexander Prokhanov,the Stinger was a "turning point".[22]Milt Beardensaw it as a "force multiplier"and morale booster.[22]Representative Charlie Wilson, the politician behind Operation Cyclone, described the first StingerMi-24shootdowns in 1986 as one of the three crucial moments of his experience in the war, saying "we never really won a set-piece battle before September 26, and then we never lost one afterwards."[35][36]He was given the first spent Stinger tube as a gift and kept it on his office wall.[22][36]That launch tube is now on exhibit at the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Museum, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Other military analysts tend to be dismissive of the impact of the Stinger. According toAlan J. Kuperman,the Stingers did make an impact at first but within a few months flares, beacons, and exhaust baffles were installed to disorient the missiles, along with night operation and terrain-hugging tactics to prevent the rebels from getting a clear shot. By 1988, Kuperman states, the Mujahideen had all but stopped firing them.[37]Another source (Jonathan Steele) states that Stingers forced Soviet helicopters and ground attack planes to bomb from higher altitudes with less accuracy, but did not bring down many more aircraft than Chinese heavy machine guns and other less sophisticated anti-aircraft weaponry.[38]

The last Stingers were supplied in 1988 after increasing reports of fighters selling them to Iran and thawing relations with Moscow.[24][39]After the 1989 Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, the U.S.attempted to buy back the Stinger missiles,with a $55 million program launched in 1990 to buy back around 300 missiles (US$183,300 each).[40]The U.S. government collected most of the Stingers it had delivered, but by 1996 around 600 were unaccounted for and some found their way intoCroatia,Iran,Sri Lanka,Qatar,andNorth Korea.[41][42]According to the CIA, already in August 1988 the U.S. had demanded from Qatar the return of Stinger missiles.[43]Wilson later told CBS he "lived in terror" that a civilian airliner would be shot down by a Stinger, but he did not have misgivings about having provided Stingers to defeat the Soviets.[36]

The story of the Stingers in Afghanistan was popularly told in the media by Western sources primarily, notably inCharlie Wilson's WarbyGeorge Crile,andGhost WarsbySteve Coll.

Angolan civil war

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TheReagan administrationprovided 310 Stingers toJonas Savimbi'sUNITAmovement inAngolabetween 1986 and 1989.[44]As in Afghanistan, efforts to recover missiles after the end of hostilities proved incomplete. The battery of a Stinger lasts for four or five years, so any battery supplied in the 1980s would now be inoperative[45]but during theSyrian Civil War,insurgents showed how easily they switched to different batteries, including common car batteries, as power sources for several MANPADS models.[46]

Libyan invasion of Chad

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The French army used 15 firing positions and 30 missiles purchased in 1983 for operations in Chad. The35th Parachute Artillery Regimentmade an unsuccessful fire during a Libyan bombardment on 10 September 1987 and shot down a Hercules transport aircraft on 7 July 1988.[47]

The Chadian government received Stinger missiles from the United States, whenLibya invadedthe northern part of the African country. On 8 October 1987, aLibyan Su-22MKwas shot down by a FIM-92A fired by Chadian forces. The pilot, Capt. Diya al-Din, ejected and was captured. He was later granted political asylum by the French government. During the recovery operation, aLibyan MiG-23MSwas shot down by a FIM-92A.[48]

Tajik civil war

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Tajik Islamist opposition forces operating from Afghanistan during the1992–97 Tajik civil warencountered a heavy air campaign launched by Russia and Uzbekistan to prop up the government inDushanbethat included border and cross-border raids. During one of these operations, aSukhoi Su-24M was shot down on 3 May 1993 with a Stinger fired by the opposition. Both Russian pilots were rescued.[49]

Chechen War

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Russian officials claimed several times that the Chechen militia and insurgents possessed US-made Stinger missiles. They attributed a few of their aerial losses to the American MANPADS. The presence of such missiles was confirmed by photo evidence, and were said to originate from Afghan smuggling routes that passed through Georgia.[50] It is believed oneSukhoi Su-24was shot down by a Stinger missile during theSecond Chechen War.[51]

Sri Lankan civil war

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TheLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelamalso managed to acquire one or several Stingers, possibly from former Mujahideen stocks, and used at least one to down aSri Lanka Air ForceMi-24 on 10 November 1997.[42][52]

United States

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In 2000, the U.S. inventory contained 13,400 missiles. The total cost of the program is $7,281,000,000.[53] It is rumored that theUnited States Secret Servicehas Stinger missiles to defend the President, a notion that has never been dispelled; however, U.S. Secret Service plans favor moving the President to a safer place in the event of an attack rather than shooting down the plane, lest the missile (or the wreckage of the target aircraft) hit innocents.[54]

During the 1980s, the Stinger was used to support different US-aligned guerrilla forces, notably the Afghan Mujahidins, the Chad government against the Libyan invasion and the Angolan UNITA. The Nicaraguan contras were not provided with Stingers due to the lack of fixed wing aircraft of the Sandinista government, as such the previous generationFIM-43 Redeyewas considered adequate.[30]

Syrian civil war

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In theSyrian civil war,Turkey reportedly helped to transport a limited amount of FIM-92 Stingers to theFree Syrian Army.[55]

On 27 February 2020, during thenorthwestern offensivelaunched in December 2019 by the Syrian regime (backed by Russia,IranandHezbollah), Russian and Syrian aircraft (variously reportedly as RussianSu-34sand SyrianSu-22)attacked a Turkish military convoy near Idlib,killing 36 Turkish soldiers. That day, video footage emerged of alleged Turkish soldiers (backing Syrian opposition fighters) firing what apparently looks like aRoketsan-made Stinger against either Russian or Syrian aircraft (or possibly against both).[56]

Russo-Ukrainian War

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Ukrainian soldier of the30th Mechanized BrigadeAnti-Air Battalion with a FIM-92 Stinger during theRussian invasion of Ukraine

In February 2022, several countries announced that they were providing Stinger missiles toUkrainianforces defending against theRussian invasion. Germany announced that it would provide 500 missiles.[57] Denmark said that it will provide parts for 300 missiles, to be assembled in the United States.[58] The Netherlands stated they would supply 200 units.[59] Italy,[60] Latvia,[61] Lithuania,[62] and the United States[63]each stated that they would provide undisclosed amounts.

By 7 March, the U.S. reported that it and its NATO allies had together sent more than 2,000 Stinger missiles to Ukraine.[64]In late April 2022,Raytheon TechnologiesCEOGreg Hayestold investors that the company was experiencing supply chain issues and would not be able to ramp up production of Stinger missiles until 2023. This delay was in part due to the fact the Stinger was scheduled to be replaced in the 2020s and thus contained obsolete components, which have to be redesigned for modern procurement. As of 11 May 2024, the U.S. had sent a quarter of its aging Stinger missile stockpile to Ukraine.[65][66]

On 20 August 2022, Russia supplied a single Stinger to Iran, for them to attempt reverse engineering the modern version of it.[67]

Operators

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Taiwanesemultiple Stinger missile launcher demonstration inTaipei's old Air Force base


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Further reading

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  • O'Halloran, James C.; Christopher F. Foss, eds. (2005).Jane's Land-Based Air Defence 2005–2006.Couldson, Surrey, UK: Jane's Information Group.ISBN0710626975.
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