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Net Edition | Date : 20 Feb , 2013
AH-64D Block III Longbow Apache
The US is offering 245 Stinger missiles and 56 launchers to India as part of a weapons package for the Apache attack helicopters being acquired by the Indian Air Force (IAF). India has selected the Boeing AH64D Apache for its requirement of 22 attack helicopters which will have both air-to-ground and air-to-air roles. The Stinger will complement the advanced performance of the Apache by providing the IAF with the critical air-to-air defence capability.
The American helicopter edged out the Russian Mi-28 in the race for the IAF contract. The surface-to-air version of the Stinger missile is widely credited for the collapse of Russian helicopter fleet in the war in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
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It would be good to see the DRDO & ISRO making stinger type missiles for the Indian Army & Air force.We need a Thousand of such missiles on our china border itself.
india needs more attack choppers like the apache which can counter china near our borders.Missile bases,airports & good roads will really counter china against us.
We need hundred of them 22 is not enough.