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2011-09-23 Africa North

Iran 'steals surface-to-air missiles from Libya'

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Posted by tipper 2011-09-23 05:52|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 I met an Iranian yesterday, living in London, who had nothing but contempt for the Iranian leadership, most notably Khamenei.
Now I look Khamenei, what I see is evil personified.

Posted by Kojack 2011-09-23 06:28|| 2011-09-23 06:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Given how ineffective Libyan surface-to-air missiles have been in the actual, you know, Libyan civil war, I can't imagine why Quds Force would *want* them, unless it's to sell them on the terror market. They would seem to have been proved militarily negligible against NATO and US military aircraft.

Has anyone successfully managed to take down a civilian airliner with a stinger-type missile?

Posted by Mitch H. 2011-09-23 08:37|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2011-09-23 08:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Libyan SA-24 Can't Be Used as MANPADS
A top official from Russian KBM Machine-building design bureau confirmed it was his company that supplied the Libyan government forces with the truck mounted short-range anti-aircraft Igla-S (SA-24 Grinch) missiles recently spotted by the international media.

He explained that the Libyan Strelets fire Igla-S missiles but they can not be used as man-portable air defense (manpads). To fire Iglas as a man-portable weapon you need a separate trigger mechanisms that were not supplied to Libya, he said.

If true, then the Iranians "liberated some SA-24s for their armed forces. There won't be any Iranian sponsored terrorists using them against airliners. Though that won't preclude "liberated" SA-14/16/18s from doing so.

Posted by Eohippus Phater7165 2011-09-23 08:57|| 2011-09-23 08:57|| Front Page Top

#4 The Iranians have a substantial capability to reverse-engineer these.

Posted by lotp 2011-09-23 09:32|| 2011-09-23 09:32|| Front Page Top

#5 There's a base that's just begging for a drone-zap. What would the Iranians do -- complain? They aren't supposed to be there in the first place.

It's a wedding party.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2011-09-23 09:36|| 2011-09-23 09:36|| Front Page Top

#6 More than likely these new missiles will show up around the nuclear sites in Iran.

And I agree, zap the base. A B-2 run over it would be agreeable too.

Posted by DarthVader 2011-09-23 10:03|| 2011-09-23 10:03|| Front Page Top

#7 "Now I look Khamenei, what I see is evil personified."

What took you so long, Kojack? I've been seeing him that way for over 30 years.

Posted by Barbara 2011-09-23 10:14|| 2011-09-23 10:14|| Front Page Top

#8 Yes, in Africa, several airliners have been shot down with MANPADs as old as the SA-7. Just no major 767 shootdowns in the West, or similar events. The Rhodesians lost an airliner during their Brush War to an SA-7.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2011-09-23 17:25|| 2011-09-23 17:25|| Front Page Top

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