5,000 Libyan MANPADS Secured -- Defense NewsSome May Have Been Smuggled Out.
LONDON — A multinational team of weapons experts has secured and destroyed 5,000 Libyan man-operated portable air defense systems and components left over after the fall of the Gadhafi regime, according to the British Ministry of Defence. The team has been unable to rule out the possibility that a number of the weapons may have leaked out of the country or been acquired by terrorists.
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Update: UK MOD Personnel Help Secure Portable Air Defence Systems in Libya -- Defpro
My Comment: Only 5,000 out of 20,000 MANPADS found. This is the nightmare scenario for the airline industry. If Al Qaeda or an affiliate can get there hands on just a few of them, they will have the potential to change the airline industry forever.
Update: A must read article from Defense tech on this story. The link is here.
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