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Army

House Committee Calls For Plan To Boost Army Stinger Missile Stocks, Speed SHORAD Fielding

Wednesday, April 25th, 2018

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House Committee Calls For Plan To Boost Army Stinger Missile Stocks, Speed SHORAD Fielding

Soldiers test launch a surface-to-air Stinger Weapons System. Ukrainian forces have used U.S.-supplied Stinger missiles to destroy Russian small UAS. Photo: Raytheon Technologies.

Lawmakers support Army efforts to fast track short-range air defense capabilities to the field to counter enemy missiles and unmanned aircraft but are concerned that the service may need more Stinger missiles than it has on hand to fulfill that mission.Stingers, made by Raytheon [RTN], are being fielded in two-man teams to restore SHORAD capability against emerging threats from fixed-wing aircraft, rotary-wing aircraft, and unmanned air systems (UAS). As of April, the Army has trained 208 soldiers to operate Stinger…

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Missile Defense

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Space

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Congress

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