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July 8th, 2004  
FlyingFrog
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Still remember the Stinger missiles used in Afhanistan?

In October 1986, 3 Mi-24 were shot down by 3 stingers.
The first batch of Stingers sent to Afhanistan was 150.

Only in 1987, Soviets lost 400 jets and helo's, and it was mainly due to the deadly stingers, the Soviets had to consider seriously it was time to draw out of Afhanistan.

FIM-92A Stinger

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/stinger.htm


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