Must read article about the growing effectiveness of the #IS air defence system. They known to have Soviet, Polish and Bulgarian ZU23-2 and ZU23-4 anti-aircraft guns and American low altitude FIM92 Stinger manpads ( man-portable air defence system) and they have used GSHK heavy-machine guns against the regime’s dwindling force of attack helicopters to great effect. These have been augmented, it is believed, by Chinese FN-6 manpads which can hit targets at 11,000 feet and SA-16 Gimlet manpads, a 16,000 feet, which had been supplied in large quantities to Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Eric Thompson, senior strategic analyst in the Centre for Naval Analysis in Virginia, said:: “Flying aircraft over Syria is very different than in Iraq; there are sophisticated air defences, some of them in the hands of Isis.” independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-savagery-of-isisis-shocking--and-so-too-is-its-weaponry-9700476.html
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 17:30:00 +0000
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