Is Libya`s Looted Heatseeking Surface-To-Air Missiles Falling Into Terrorists' Hands

Rebel fighters plunder arms and ammunition from an army base in Ajdabiya, Libya, in March 2011. Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian

Libya Warned Smugglers Are Looting Gaddafi's Guns -- The Guardian

West fears heatseeking surface-to-air missiles will fall into terrorists' hands.

Libya must urgently secure weapons hoarded by the Gaddafi regime amid growing fears that smugglers are exploiting the chaos there to loot hundreds of portable missiles and other small arms, western officials have warned.

The US and Nato are pressing the National Transitional Council to make the issue a priority because of concerns that the trade has already begun, with reports that some African mercenaries who fought for Colonel Muammar Gaddafi are returning home laden with weapons.

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My Comment: This is the nightmare scenario .... dozens of heatseeking surface-to-air missiles in the hands of a terror group like Al Qaeda who coordinate a successful terror strike on dozens of aircraft. The impact on the aviation industry from such a nightmare-terror strike will take years to overcome .... if not ever.