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Anti-Aircraft Missiles Intercepted From North Korea Alarm Scientists(exporting MANPADS)
VOA News ^
| 02/24/10
| Kurt Achin
Posted on 02/26/2010 8:12:47 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Anti-Aircraft Missiles Intercepted From North Korea Alarm Scientists
Kurt Achin | Seoul 24 February 2010
A group of American scientists is expressing alarm at a possible attempt by North Korea to ship portable anti-aircraft missile systems abroad. The missiles were part of a an airborne cargo intercepted by authorities in Thailand in December.
The Federation of American Scientists, based in Washington, is urging more vigilance by the international community after the discovery of so-called MANPADS missile systems aboard a cargo plane loaded in North Korea.
The plane was intercepted during a landing in Thailand two months ago. The U.S. group cites a report to the United Nations Security Council as saying the plane contained "five crates" of MANPADS, which stands for man-portable air defense system.
"These are normally shoulder-fired, always man-portable, surface-to-air missiles," said Matt Schroeder, the manager of the FAS Arms Sales Monitoring Project.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: manpads; missiles; nkorea; proliferation
To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; nw_arizona_granny; ...
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posted on
02/26/2010 8:13:15 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Could be to bring down civvy airliners, could be to bring down our helo’s in Afgh or Iraq —super bad mojo and exactly the way our guys helped sent the Russians packing.
Either way, this....requires something very new, something verrrrrry challenging from The Arrogant One.
Who thinks he’s equal to the job...? Cuz that’s what we NEED. This is a big deal.
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posted on
02/26/2010 8:22:56 AM PST
by
gaijin
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
02/26/2010 8:28:45 AM PST
by
CPT Clay
(Pick up your weapon and follow me.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
A lot of information seems to be missing here.
1) Who made the missles? MANPAD is a generic term.
2) What was the destination?
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posted on
02/26/2010 8:37:38 AM PST
by
Gabrial
(The Whitehouse Nightmare will continue for as long as the Nightmare is in the Whitehouse)
To: gaijin
His incompetence will create unnecessary bloodshed, and his minions will cry “Unwinnable War.” They are always excited about Vietnam rerun.
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posted on
02/26/2010 8:38:54 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Thailand?
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posted on
02/26/2010 8:42:36 AM PST
by
WakeUpAndVote
(Proud Member the Laz Fan Club)
To: Gabrial
(1) Probably Chinese model
(2) Many follow-up report on the cargo plane seized by Thailand said the final destination was Iran.
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posted on
02/26/2010 8:44:05 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
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posted on
02/26/2010 8:45:05 AM PST
by
WakeUpAndVote
(Proud Member the Laz Fan Club)
To: TigerLikesRooster
To: Right Brother
No, got it wrong. Ping to #9.
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posted on
02/26/2010 8:48:56 AM PST
by
WakeUpAndVote
(Proud Member the Laz Fan Club)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
02/26/2010 7:44:38 PM PST
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
03/02/2010 8:20:24 AM PST
by
nw_arizona_granny
( garden/survival/cooking/storage- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2299939/posts?page=5555)
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