An Afghan guerrillawith an American-made Stinger anti-aircraft missile (November 1987 –January 1988)
An Afghan guerrillawith an American-made Stinger anti-aircraft missile (November 1987 –January 1988).The CIA supplied this shoulder-fired, heat-seekingmissile to the Afghan resistance during the Soviet-Afghan War. Itwas capable of bringing down low-flying planes and helicopters. Atone point late in the war, rebels were reportedly downing nearly oneSoviet aircraft every day with these missiles. -- source link
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