https://freerepublic.com/tag/surfacetoairmissiles/ en-us Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:22:39 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2952634/posts -Libyan-flagged vessel used by a Malta-based humanitarian organisation implicated in a covert US arms smuggling operation to Syrian freedom fighter- A Libyan-flagged vessel which last year was used by a Malta-based humanitarian organisation in supplying a lifeline to rebels in Misurata, has been implicated in a covert US arms smuggling operation to Syrian freedom fighters, which may also be linked to murdered US ambassador Chris Stevens in Benghazi last month. The ship 'Al Entisar' which was chartered last year by I-Go Aid Libya, then run by businessman Mario Debono, has been reported to be linked to last September's attack on... Malta Today https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2952634/posts#comment Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:22:39 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3185248/posts RUSH: All right. The Israelis have rejected the ceasefire proposal made by the haughty John Kerry, who served in Vietnam. The Israelis reject ceasefire deal. The only thing a ceasefire does is allow Hamas to regroup. I think Hamas is on the ropes and that's why everybody wants a ceasefire. I'm telling you, everything over there is ass backwards. Everything in this conflict is 180 degrees out of phase. They want the ceasefire to give Hamas time to regroup. "Well, we have to make it fair, Mr. Limbaugh, because the Israelis have such an unfair advantage. They're richer and they're... RushLimbaugh.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3185248/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2014 11:42:09 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1539284/posts Britain buys Russian surface-to-air missiles in fight against terrorism By Thomas Harding, Defence Correspondent (Filed: 13/12/2005) Britain has secretly bought dozens of sophisticated Russian surface-to-air missiles, some of which are believed to have fallen into terrorist hands, to develop counter measures against them. There are significant fears that the weapon, which can be packed into a golf bag and assembled and fired very rapidly by one person with minimal training, will be targeted at civil and military aircraft. [Skip] But there are worries that in Iraq the missile has already fallen into the hands of insurgents who could use it... Telegraph | UK https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1539284/posts#comment Tue, 13 Dec 2005 04:51:00 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1000355/posts <p>The U.S. military in Iraq is in the market for SA-7 shoulder-mounted, heat-seeking, surface-to-air missiles. They are offering a bounty of $500 for each SA-7 that someone turns in. Cash on the barrelhead; no questions asked.</p> <p>SA-7s are big trouble. They were designed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and are capable of knocking a jumbo jet out of the sky at an altitude of 13,000 feet, from as far as five miles away, in as little as 13 seconds.</p> Washington Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1000355/posts#comment Mon, 13 Oct 2003 17:49:11 GMT