STINGER MISSILE US LEH INDIA IN BAWL KHAWM SAWM
Feb. 18, 2017: US gam-a Massachusetts pansan $24 billion defence technology and research company Raytheon Company in India gam-a Tata Sons company Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) tawh Stinger air defence missile vante bawl khawmna dingin memorandum of understanding (MoU) thukimna suaikai ta uh hi.
“Hih MoU thukimna pen Tata Advanced Systems tawh ko company kipawl khawmna hoihsak semna ding leh leh leitunga technology lamsang India tawh nakpi takin makaih ding ngimna leh US leh a pawlte (coalition) galkap ten a nasepna (missions) uh a ngah theihna ding uh ngimna ahi hi," ci-in Raytheon Land Warfare Systems vice president Duane Gooden in ci hi.
Hih bang MoU thukimna hangin TASL in Stinger vante (components) India ah bawl thei ta dingun ki-ummawh hi. Stinger missile pen lei panin lei, leh huih lak panin huih lak (surface-to-air and air-to-air) ngimna dingin van lai-a a ngimnate (airborne targets) kapna dingin kizang thei hi. Raytheon in TASL pen defense lamsang bawlna ah leitung ah makai (global leaders) leh vanleng bawlna lamah a madawk pawl ahih manin hih bangin thukimna a neihpih ahi hi. "Stinger missile pen India zat dingin a pia khia (contributor) masa pen hih ding kilamen hi," ci-in TASL chief executive director Sukaran Singh in ci a, TASL in missile system bawl theihna dingin kizopna kibawl sawm lai hi ci-in gen hi. 2016 in India pen Stinger missile leite lak panin gam thumte lakah kihel hi. India in Stinger missiles pen AH-64 Apache helicopters ah thuah ta ding hi.
Stinger missile pen aw sangin a manglang zaw (supersonic speed) hi a, helicopters, UAVs (tuithe vanlengte), cruise missiles leh fixed-wing vanleng (aircraft) kapna dingin kizang thei a, a ngimna mun khak ding baihlam in accurate guidance, control system leh sih theihna ding galvan (lethal warhead) nam ahi hi.
TASL in vanleng bawlna ding nakpi takin hanciam a, tua dingin leitunga vanleng bawl company tuamtuam Boeing, Airbus Group, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Pilatus Aircraft Ltd, Cobham Mission Equipment, RUAG Aviation leh India’s Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) tawh kipawlna ding nakpi takin a hanciam laitak ahi hi.
STINGER MISSILE THU TOMKIM
Type: Man-portable surface-to-air missile
Place of origin: United States
Service history: In service 1981–present
A kizatna munte: Wars Falklands War, Soviet–Afghan War, Angolan Civil War, Kargil War, Yugoslav Wars, Invasion of Grenada, Syrian Civil War.
Production history:
Designer: General Dynamics
Designed: 1967
Manufacturer: Raytheon Missile Systems
Unit cost: U.S.$38,000
Produced: 1978—present
Variants: FIM-92A, FIM-92B, FIM-92C, FIM-92D, FIM-92G
Specifications (FIM-92 Stinger)
Weight: 33.5 lb , 15.19 kg
Length: 59.8 in (1.52 m)
Diameter: 2.76 in (70.1mm)
Crew: 1
Effective firing range: 5.0 miles (8 km) (FIM-92C Stinger-RMP)
Warhead: High explosive Annular blast fragmentation
Warhead weight: 3 kg (6.6 lb)
Engine: Solid-fuel rocket motor
Guidance system: Infrared homing
Launch platform: MANPADS, M6 Linebacker, Eurocopter Tiger, AN/TWQ-1 Avenger, MQ-1 Predator, AH-64 Apache, T-129 ATAK
Type: Man-portable surface-to-air missile
Place of origin: United States
Service history: In service 1981–present
A kizatna munte: Wars Falklands War, Soviet–Afghan War, Angolan Civil War, Kargil War, Yugoslav Wars, Invasion of Grenada, Syrian Civil War.
Production history:
Designer: General Dynamics
Designed: 1967
Manufacturer: Raytheon Missile Systems
Unit cost: U.S.$38,000
Produced: 1978—present
Variants: FIM-92A, FIM-92B, FIM-92C, FIM-92D, FIM-92G
Specifications (FIM-92 Stinger)
Weight: 33.5 lb , 15.19 kg
Length: 59.8 in (1.52 m)
Diameter: 2.76 in (70.1mm)
Crew: 1
Effective firing range: 5.0 miles (8 km) (FIM-92C Stinger-RMP)
Warhead: High explosive Annular blast fragmentation
Warhead weight: 3 kg (6.6 lb)
Engine: Solid-fuel rocket motor
Guidance system: Infrared homing
Launch platform: MANPADS, M6 Linebacker, Eurocopter Tiger, AN/TWQ-1 Avenger, MQ-1 Predator, AH-64 Apache, T-129 ATAK
Source: The Hindu and Wikipedia
