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ISIS with an old MANPAD

#IS with a stinger (?) #Iraq #Syria pic.twitter.com/s53mhsccCY

— (س) Abu Aminah (@ghazishami) September 14, 2014

An SA-7 — a MANPAD of the type that appears to be shown above — is not harmless but it is old and as Stratfor says, “most modern military aircraft are equipped with countermeasures that are effective against older models of MANPADS.”

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This entry was posted in Analysis, ISIS on September 14, 2014 by Paul Woodward.

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