The American "Sting" will be more effective. In the US, modernize the "Stinger"

In the near future, the US Army plans to adopt a program for large-scale modernization of the Stinger man-portable air defense missile system, reports Military Parity, citing defensenews.com.

The modernization implies an increase in the effectiveness of the use of MANPADS missiles, including in the fight against drones. The US Cruise Missile Defense Systems Project Office (CMDS) has already demonstrated a new warhead for the Stinger MANPADS, which, according to the developers, has greater lethal effectiveness against UAVs. During the demonstration of the new Stinger warhead, control firing was carried out at drones, both in a static position and flying at different speeds. It is noted that UAVs of a wide range were used as targets: from small ones to UAVs weighing 1000 pounds, such as Shadow. The missiles were used both from portable air defense systems and from launchers of Avenger self-propelled vehicles.

Unlike the previous version of the Stinger MANPADS rocket warhead, which has a direct hit mode, the new warhead is equipped with a fuse for remote detonation. According to the plans of the US military, the new warhead will be ready for installation on upgraded missiles from February 2019.

The modernization program has not yet been adopted, but as soon as it is approved, a new fuse, engine and gas generator will be installed on the 5 thousand Stinger missiles. It is assumed that during the modernization of the rocket will not only become more efficient, but also extend the life of the 10 years.

Comments

[Victor_B]

Natural process.
It would be strange if we did not improve serial production.
We, too, are not standing still.
They have a Stinger, and we have a Willow.
Personally, it’s more interesting for me - which of them is better?
But for some reason they don’t send exact data to my sofa.

[Vadim851]

Verba is definitely better, the 9M336 has a range of 6km and a reach in height of 4000-4500m versus 4,5 km and 3800m, respectively, at Stinger, also after the upgrade the electronics will probably be better than ours.
Given the venerable age of Stinger, then solid indicators at that time.

[Avior]

Stinger has a matrix GOS

[Machete]

And to build a new complex weakly?
Even we, with our limited budget, already, in my opinion, have built a couple of new MANPADS.

[Victor_B]

A couple?
Announce the entire list, please! (with)

[Vadim851]

They don’t need him. Their ground forces are fighting with full control of the airspace and fighters are fighting with aviation in extreme cases, hence their air defense is much weaker than ours. It is difficult to imagine the situation that in a local conflict with enemy aircraft, the Americans will fight with the help of ground-based air defense. UAVs have been actively launched recently.
Enough for the barmaley and the stinger is too bold to make a new MANPADS specially for them.

[aszzz888]

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[Alexey-74]

"Stinger" is an old enemy of our aviation and is well studied, and its modernization by the Americans is quite a natural process.