And perhaps come correctly surmise that these types of missiles can easily be transported here...where they will make takeoffs and landings at your local airport “very interesting”.
However, the Hillabeast would say, “What difference does it make?”
Who says they have to be used as surface to air missiles.
I am sure they could be fired at any target a terrorist would like.
Al-Qaeda’s how-to guide for using surface-to-air missiles found in Mali
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/10115887/Al-Qaedas-how-to-guide-for-using-surface-to-air-missiles-found-in-Mali.html
The 26-page document in Arabic, recovered by The Associated Press in a building that had been occupied by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in Timbuktu, strongly suggests the group now possesses the SA-7 surface-to-air missile, known to the Pentagon as the Grail, according to terrorism specialists.
It confirms that the al-Qaeda cell is actively training its fighters to use these weapons, also called man-portable air-defense systems, or MANPADS, which likely came from the arms depots of late Libya dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Walked across the border?