FIM-43 Redeye
The General Dynamics FIM-43 Redeye is a man-portable surface-to-air missile system. It uses passive infrared homing to track its target. Production began in 1962 andin anticipation of the Redeye II, which later became the FIM-92 Stingerended in the early 1970s (delivery of the last Redeye for the U.S. Army was completed in July 1971) after about 85,000 rounds had been built. The Redeye was withdrawn gradually between 1982 and 1995 as the Stinger was deployed, though it remained in service with various armed forces of the world until quite recently, being supplied via the Foreign Military Sales program. It was initially banned from being sold overseas, to avoid missiles falling into the hands of terrorist organizations. However, after the export ban was lifted, the weapon was never actually used by terrorists against civil aircraft, in contrast with other MANPADS. While the Redeye and 9K32 Strela-2 (SA-7) were similar, the missiles weren’t identical. Nonetheless, the CIA concluded that the Soviet SA-7 had benefited from the Redeye’s development.
Q502940
General Dynamics
ORG
Q1465101
man-portable
Concept
Q466704
surface-to-air missile
Concept
Q223697
FIM-92 Stinger
MISC
Q6310488
July 1971
TIME
Q842161
Foreign Military Sales
UNK
Q1388613
FIM-43 Redeye
MISC
1962-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1962
DATE
1970-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1970
DATE
1971-07-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
July 1971
DATE
1982-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1982
DATE
1995-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1995
DATE
-43^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-43
NUMBER
-92^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-92
NUMBER
+9^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
9
NUMBER
+32^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
32
NUMBER
-2^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-2
NUMBER
-7^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-7
NUMBER
-7^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-7
NUMBER
manufacturer
instance of
service retirement
point in time