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Afghanistan/South Asia
Stinger missiles seized in Mohmand Agency
2005-09-27
Paramilitary forces on Monday seized a huge weapons cache, including six anti-aircraft US-made Stinger missiles, during a raid on an isolated compound in Mohmand Agency near the Afghan border. “All the Stinger missiles are unused. It is one of the biggest weapons haul ever outside Waziristan,” Frontier Corps (FC) Inspector General Maj Gen Tariq Masood told Daily Times after a briefing about the pre-dawn operation in Khazena Ziarat area of the Mohmand Agency.
It would seem to me that once they've been used they're... ummm... shrapnel.
He said that paramilitary forces had also seized 100 rocket-propelled grenades, 12 107-mm rockets, 331 anti-personnel mines, 1,487 fuses of all types, 45 pressure switches, 40 mine triggers, 210 ammunition of 20-mm guns, 437 current ignite missiles (large size), 193 mortar bombs of 60-mm, two guns of 12.7-mm, one battery charger and 42 boxes of rounds of 20-mm gun. “The operation was bloodless and the security forces faced no resistance. We have arrested a 50-year-old tribesman Taj Muhammad and he is being interrogated,” said Maj Gen Tariq.
"He sez they're family heirlooms..."
Posted by:Fred

#3  I think it was written in QBasic. (kidding)
Posted by: Anonymoose   2005-09-27 09:49  

#2  Reminds me of a story quoted in an old programming book. THe software of a ground-air missile had a small bug who caused the missile to boomerang towards the launcher if the steep of the surrounding ground was at over 45 degrees. It went unnoticed for years until India and Pakistan went to battle in the Himalaya...

Is anyone hear familiar with Stinger programming? :-)
Posted by: JFM   2005-09-27 06:13  

#1  Stingers are almost certainly at least 15 yrs old. Their best use now would be as Paki wedding decorations. I wouldn't want to be standing anywhere close to the guy trying to fire one...
Posted by: PBMcL   2005-09-27 01:00  

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