How you simulate a Stinger missile being fired
The shoulder-launched surfaced to air missile or man-portable missile has been the go-to way for foot soldiers to swat down pesky low-flying aircraft since the late 1950s when Redeye and the Soviet SA-7 popped on the scene. Since the 1980s, the FIM-92 Stinger has been the weapon of choice for U.S. forces, but how do you get that just-shot missile feeling on the cheap?
Its called the “Stinger Launcher Simulator” or STLS. The STLS is a simulated round designed to mirror the Stinger missile except the STLS travels approximately 50 yards then drops to the ground.
Needless to say, the STLS has no warhead.
Below you have Marines assigned to Alpha Battery 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, fire some STLS at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Sept. 24, 2015