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Stinger

DEFINITIONS OF: Stinger

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n a portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder

Type of:
heat-seeking missile
a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine)
SAM, surface-to-air missile
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
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