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Many MANPADS manufactured during the [[Cold War]] have an extremely long shelf-life of decades, and are fully operational given proper storage conditions. | Many MANPADS manufactured during the [[Cold War]] have an extremely long shelf-life of decades, and are fully operational given proper storage conditions. | ||
| − | During the [[Libyan War| | + | During the [[Libyan War|effort by rebels]] to oust the United States' [[War on Terror]] [[ally]],<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-usa-order-idustre72t6h220110331</ref> [[Libya]]n dictator [[Muammar Gaddafi]], more than 20,000 Soviet-constructed MANPADS went unaccounted for and fell into the hands of radical [[Islam]]ic [[terrorist]] groups, and remain unaccounted for.<ref> http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/nightmare-libya-20000-surface-air-missiles-missing/story?id=14610199#.UZ4nrYdwrng |
Libyan missiles on the loose, By David Ignatius, Washington Post Opinion writer, May 8, 2012 | Libyan missiles on the loose, By David Ignatius, Washington Post Opinion writer, May 8, 2012 | ||
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/libyan-missiles-on-the-loose/2012/05/08/gIQA1FCUBU_story.html?utm_term=.a091217ed1fd | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/libyan-missiles-on-the-loose/2012/05/08/gIQA1FCUBU_story.html?utm_term=.a091217ed1fd | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 18:09, September 21, 2018
MANPADS or Man-portable air-defense system is the name used to refer to either the U.S. built TOW and Stinger series of shoulder fired missile, or the Soviet-era and modern Russian built SAM surface-to-air shoulder fired missile. All are capable of shooting down commercial and military aircraft with a heat seeking missiles.
Many MANPADS manufactured during the Cold War have an extremely long shelf-life of decades, and are fully operational given proper storage conditions.
During the effort by rebels to oust the United States' War on Terror ally,[1] Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, more than 20,000 Soviet-constructed MANPADS went unaccounted for and fell into the hands of radical Islamic terrorist groups, and remain unaccounted for.[2] Amb. Christopher Stevens was put in charge of the covert operation to locate and buy back unaccounted MANPADS at the time of the Benghazi massacre.
References
- ↑ http://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-usa-order-idustre72t6h220110331
- ↑ http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/nightmare-libya-20000-surface-air-missiles-missing/story?id=14610199#.UZ4nrYdwrng Libyan missiles on the loose, By David Ignatius, Washington Post Opinion writer, May 8, 2012 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/libyan-missiles-on-the-loose/2012/05/08/gIQA1FCUBU_story.html?utm_term=.a091217ed1fd http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/48427738 Morrissey, Ed (May 8, 2014). Did Hillary refuse to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist organization? Hot Air website.