Posted on 03/30/2016 6:31:51 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
India has placed an order for 245 Raytheon-built Stinger air-to-air missiles, launchers and related engineering support services through the Defense Department‘s foreign military sales program.
Raytheon said Wednesday the Indian military expects to receive the Stingers as part of a potential $3.1 billion FMS agreement forged between the governments of India and the U.S.
The deal also covers procurement of combat helicopters, electronic warfare systems, radars and weapons, Raytheon noted.
The Stinger missile is designed to be integrated onto tactical ground platforms and fixed- or rotary-wing military aircraft.
Raytheon has recorded more than 270 air intercepts for the system to date.
Air to Air? I thought they were MANPADS?
Heat-seekers are heat seekers. Not quite as advanced as an export Sidewinder, but they do get the job done. . .
Mountable on the outer pylons of Apaches.
Maybe even Cobras, but the USMC loads Sidewinders.
Nice but what do they need them for? At least they won’t end up in the wrong hands.
Good choice India.
helicopters have as much, if not greater, currency in the Himalayas where lack of airfields and altitude restrict the utility of fixed wing aircraft. These AAMs would be also more than useful to take out drones, which Pakistan and China are churning out — you don’t want to burn hard cash flying a Sukhoi with bigger missiles to take out a puny drone.
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