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To: Eagles6

The Russians reversed engineered the Stinger in built the SA-14 Gremlin. There are clones out there


18 posted on 03/04/2010 10:39:58 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
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To: sonofstrangelove

That’s an interesting comment considering the SA-14 entered service in 1974 and the Stinger entered service in 1981.

I’m pretty sure they didn’t reverse engineer something that first appeared 7 years in the future.


20 posted on 03/04/2010 10:44:15 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: sonofstrangelove

Yes but they haven’t been used as of yet which is the point of the article.


39 posted on 03/05/2010 11:25:43 AM PST by Eagles6 ( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck.)
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