When did the U.S. give the Mujahideen Stinger shoulder fired anti-tank weapons in Afghanistan to fight the Soviets?

1986

The U.S.-built Stinger antiaircraft missile, supplied to the mujahideen in very large numbers beginning in 1986, struck a decisive blow to the Soviet war effort as it allowed the lightly armed Afghans to effectively defend against Soviet helicopter landings in strategic areas.

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When did the mujahideen get Stinger missiles?

THE MOST FAMOUS SYSTEM, THE STING- er, was supplied to the Afghan Mu- jahideen by the CIA in the 1980s, following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. It is difficult to know how many missiles and launchers were supplied to the guerrillas.

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So, in the previous article the 1996 date was wrong. It was 1986 10 years earlier that Osama bin Laden and the Mujahideen were given Stinger missiles (shoulder fired) to blow up Soviet Tanks and Helicopters and jets. And the UK supplied Blowpipe shoulder fired missiles that did the same thing.