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Caribbean-Latin America
Nicaragua Says It Will Destroy Missiles
2004-11-13
Today's good idea...
President Enrique Bolanos told U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld Friday that Nicaragua would completely eliminate a stockpile of hundreds of surface-to-air missiles with no expectation of compensation from the United States. Bolanos said the anti-aircraft missiles would be destroyed within a year-and-a-half.
Posted by:Fred

#5  These are old Strelas... aka SA-7s, crap when made and now absolutely worthless for anything except striking a pose.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-11-13 3:29:13 PM  

#4  Oldspook if they had money for missiles then the have money too build their own infrastructure. W e have plenty of stuff too spend taxpayer money on in America.
Posted by: smokeysinse   2004-11-13 2:56:56 PM  

#3  I think we oughta send a few $$ (Or build them some infrastructure) as a reward for doing the right thing.
Posted by: OldSpook   2004-11-13 1:53:54 PM  

#2  Stingers are quoted with a shelf life of 10 years. Propellant degradation. But that number is like milk's Best Before Date and does not mean the missile won't work, especially if stored carefully. Also the batteries have to be replaced, but that's not so hard to jury rig.
Posted by: ed   2004-11-13 12:38:12 PM  

#1  These are already 15 years old. What's the shelf life?
Posted by: Tom   2004-11-13 12:09:27 PM  

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