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2020-02-20 Afghanistan

Afghan Police Official Says Iran Supplying Taliban With MANPADS

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Posted by Glerert Elmoque9663 2020-02-20 13:49|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Chief of Police of Uruzgan Province in Afghanistan has said that Afghan intelligence services have evidence Iran is supplying the Taliban with Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS).

Mini pads would have been appropriate.

Posted by Woodrow 2020-02-20 17:21|| 2020-02-20 17:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Can MANPADS hit anything besides slow moving helicopters?

Posted by jpal 2020-02-20 17:26|| 2020-02-20 17:26|| Front Page Top

#3 /\ Yes.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-20 17:36|| 2020-02-20 17:36|| Front Page Top

#4 In one of those amusing bits of synchronicity our Universe is famous for, I just watched "Charlie Wilson's War"- the movie version of how we supplied Stingers to the mujahideen to fight Russians.

Posted by SteveS 2020-02-20 20:43|| 2020-02-20 20:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Giant passenger aircraft on takeoff and approach are not much faster than a laden swallow.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-02-20 21:30|| 2020-02-20 21:30|| Front Page Top

#6 An African Swallow or a European Swallow?

Posted by gorb 2020-02-20 23:07|| 2020-02-20 23:07|| Front Page Top

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