Iran And Taliban Missiles

Photo: SA-14 Gremlin

From The Captain's Journal:

In July 2007 the Washington Times reported that the Taliban first used missiles against U.S. air assets.

Taliban militants used a heat-seeking, surface-to-air missile to attack a Western aircraft over Afghanistan for the first time last week, coalition military sources say.

The attack with a weapon thought to have been smuggled across the border with Iran represents a worrisome increase in the capability of the militants that Western commanders had long feared.

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My Comment: If Iran is supplying anti-aircraft missiles, this will be a major escalation. No aircraft/helicopters have been shot down yet .... but if they do start to come down, we will know the reason why.