 the fim-92 stinger is a personal portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile (sam), which can be adapted to fire from ground vehicles or helicopters (as an aam), developed in the united states and entered into service in 1981. used by the militaries of the united states and by 29 other countries, it is manufactured by raytheon missile systems, under license by eads in germany and by roketsan in turkey with 70,000 missiles produced. it is classified as a man-portable air-defense system (manpads). ==description==  light to carry and easy to operate, the fim-92 stinger is a passive surface-to-air missile, that can be shoulder-fired by a single operator (although standard military procedure calls for two operators, spotter and gunner). the fim-92b missile can also be fired from the m-1097 avenger and the m6 linebacker. the missile is also capable of being deployed from a humvee stinger rack, and can be used by airborne troops. a helicopter launched version exists called air-to-air stinger (atas). the missile is {{convert|1
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