The current one is the Stinger, and the US has sent thousands of them to Ukraine. Here's what the next-gen weapons need to be able to do.
. These weapons are both MANPADS, or man-portable air defense systems, and both Strelas and Stingers were developed in the 1960s as an answer to jets and helicopters on the battlefield. The missiles have also been incorporated into launchers on vehicles, which can carry more weapons and incorporate more advanced sensors to detect and track hostile aircraft before firing.
It is useful against fast, low-flying aircraft used to attack people, vehicles, or buildings on the ground. It can start tracking targets at15,700 feet, or just shy of 3 miles, and it can hit vehicles as far away as 12,500 feet, or 2.4 miles. Upgraded and modern versions of the missile have a processor to help ensure it only targets hostile vehicles and not friendly ones, and these missiles also carry a different processor that’s useful against infrared countermeasures.
“The Stinger seeker can discriminate between radiation from a small point source such as the tailpipe of a jet and large background sources such as clouds and terrain,” the manual notes. “Except for the sun, the target’s engine exhaust is usually the smallest and hottest object in the environment and will be tracked by the missile seeker.”
Österreich Neuesten Nachrichten, Österreich Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
From Ukraine to Russia: Boy safer, but not closer to US dadAn American father is relieved to learn his 2-year-old son has safely made it out of the besieged Ukrainian coastal city of Mariupol
Weiterlesen »
From Ukraine to Russia: Boy safer, but not closer to US dadAn American father is relieved to learn his 2-year-old son has safely made it out of the besieged Ukrainian coastal city of Mariupol.
Weiterlesen »
From Ukraine to Russia: Boy safer, but not closer to US dadAn American father is relieved to learn his 2-year-old son has safely made it out of the besieged Ukrainian coastal city of Mariupol
Weiterlesen »
From Ukraine to Russia: Boy Safer Out of Mariupol, But Not Closer to US DadAn California father is relieved to learn his 2-year-old son has safely made it out of the besieged Ukrainian coastal city of Mariupol, but his fight to get him back continues.
Weiterlesen »
From Ukraine to Russia: Boy safer, but not closer to US dadCesar Quintana agonized for weeks that his 2-year-old son wouldn't make it out of the battered Ukrainian coastal port Mariupol as Russian troops encircled the city. Thankfully, he did. But Alexander and his mother are now in Russia, where Quintana, who has full legal custody of the boy in California, is no closer to seeing him again.
Weiterlesen »