http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/17747/us-army-rushes-to-add-hundreds-of-stinger-missile-teams-as-threat-of-small-drones-evolves
Quote from: mirth on January 17, 2018, 03:10:12 PM
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/17747/us-army-rushes-to-add-hundreds-of-stinger-missile-teams-as-threat-of-small-drones-evolves
When I worked for the Army, I worked a lot in C-UAS. I spent a lot of time at Fort Sill, and demonstrated my systems at MFIX, which is mentioned in the article.
We have some interesting times coming up.
A Stinger missile comes in at $38,000. A 'small drone' is a mere fraction of that. Overkill much?
The Stingers are a stop-gap while we catch up.
the Stingers were bought and paid for 25 years ago. might as well use em or lose em.
Quote from: BanzaiCat on January 17, 2018, 07:15:12 PM
A Stinger missile comes in at $38,000. A 'small drone' is a mere fraction of that. Overkill much?
hellfire missiles vs. small groups of terrorists -- overkill yes, but it does take pieces off the table
Those Afghani stingers are ancient by now. I've heard that they most likely have not aged well.