Where Are Libya's Antiaircraft Missiles?

A Libyan rebel sits amid stockpiles of ordnance inside a Qaddafi ammunition bunker / Reuters

Long Haul For U.S. To Secure Weapons Stockpiles In Libya -- National Journal

In a sobering update on the effort to secure loose weapons in Libya, a senior State Department official on Thursday said the U.S. still doesn’t know how many antiaircraft missiles are missing from deposed leader Muammar el-Qaddafi’s massive stockpile — or even if any of them have slipped across the border.

Andrew Shapiro, assistant secretary of State for political-military affairs, laid out what promises to be a long haul for the effort to secure these so-called man-portable air-defense systems, or MANPADS, in the department's most comprehensive public assessment to date of its ongoing weapons-removal operations in Libya.

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My Comment: A sobering update indeed. It will only take one airliner to be shot down with a Libyan antiaircraft missile to shake the airline industry to its core.