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A Stinger gunner and team leader use head mounted displays to assist in identifying and shooting down enemy aircraft in the Stinger Training Dome.
A Stinger gunner and team leader use head mounted displays to assist in identifying and shooting down enemy aircraft in the Stinger Training Dome.

Photo by Monica Wood, Fort Sill Public Affairs

  • Business Insider recently traveled to Fort Sill, home to the US Army's Air Defense Artillery School.
  • Our reporter got to train on two short-range air-defense systems: the Avenger and the Stinger.
  • Taking out simulated enemy helicopters proved to be surprisingly difficult.

The US military has air and missile defenses that can shoot down threats from beyond our atmosphere down to just a few feet off the ground.

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Military & Defense, air-defense, the-us-army, Training
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