Tag: Manpads
Nigeria and UK host counter-MANPADS workshop
Recognising the availability of man portable missiles and rockets to terror groups as a continued threat to civil and military aviation, the Nigerian National...
Shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles flow abroad from Libya
Shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles have been trafficked out of Libya to Chad, Mali, Tunisia, Lebanon and likely Central African Republic, with attempts made...
Militants shoot down Egyptian helicopter
Islamic militants in North Sinai have released a video which appears to show them shooting down an Egyptian military Mi8/17 transport helicopter,...
Stratfor: The continuing threat of Libyan missiles
In March 2011, while many of the arms depots belonging to the government of Libya were being looted, we wrote about how...
US says 5 000 surface-to-air missiles secured in Libya
US and Libyan explosive ordnance disposal experts have secured 5 000 surface-to-air missiles accumulated by Muammar Gaddafi's regime, a top US official...
UN council urges Libya to stem illicit arms flows
The U.N. Security Council yesterday urged Libya's government to do everything possible to track down missing shoulder-fired missiles to keep them out...
