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Man-portable air-defense systems – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Perils of Libya’s Loose Arms – NYTimes.com
Friday’s New York Times covered fears that looted Libyan arms could find their way into terrorists’ hands. The article’s emphasis is on heat-seeking, shoulder-fired, anti-aircraft missiles and the threats they pose to civilian aircraft.
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Libyan Fallout: Greater MANPADS Threat
Forget rising oil prices, defense analysts say the fallout from escalating unrest in Libya could include more small arms flooding the black market – including portable heat-seeking missiles capable of shooting down an airliner, the New York Times reports.
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Libyan Rebels Take Risks With Makeshift Arms – NYTimes.com
In cheerful and crisp English, Adel Sanfad presented his new weapon, which was mounted on a welded frame to the back of his jeep near the front lines in eastern Libya. “These used to be for airplanes,” he said. Then he added, in a flash of pride that was undercut slightly with a wince: “But we modified them.”
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