[angkor]

With 4,000 to 5,000 increasingly sophisticated surface-to-air missiles in the hands of insurgents via the international arms markets, analysts say

When did this happen?

In all the reports of weapons caches being seized, I don;t recall a single mention ever of a SAM.

[servantoftheservant]

The weapons 'caught up'. Like the weapons are self aware and improve themselves over time.

Amazingly, no mention of suppliers in the whole article.