MANPADS

USA pøste slike inn i Afghanistan til Taliban da de sloss mot russerne. Disse var av typen Redeye. Det sies at Bin Laden alltid hadde en person med en Redeye med i sitt følge de årene han levde på forskjellige steder inntil han ble drept. I dag vet ingen hvor mange som fremdeles ikke kan gjøres rede for. De utgjør derfor en trussel for sivile fly også. Jeg skrev en artikkel om emnet i 2005. Kontakt meg dersom du ønsker kopi. Et utdrag finner du under:

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Reported non-state use of MANPADS: 1996-2003

Date	Non-State Group	Missile Type	Killed/ injured	Aircraft	Notes
*22. Nov. -03	Iraqi insurgents	SA-7	0/0	A300B4-200	The DHL-aircraft was hit after take off from Baghdad Intl. Airport
6. Sept. -03	Iraqi insurgents	SA-7	0/0	C-17 Globemaster	Two missiles fired during take off from Baghdad Intl. Airport.  Both miss.
28. Nov. -02	Al- Qaeda	SA-7	0/0	Arkia Airlines Boeing 757	Two missiles passed near the Israeli aircraft just after take off from Mombasa
23. Oct. -00	LTTE	Stinger	4/0	Mi-24 ”Hind”	Shot down near Trincomalee harbour
4. Oct. -00	Chechen rebels	Stinger	1/0	Su-24M ”Hind”	Shot down near Urus-Martan
4. Oct. -00	Chechen rebels	Stinger	Unk.	Su-25	Shot down on recce. mission
10. Aug. -00	LTTE	Ukjent	0/0	Fighter aircraft	State aircraft shot at
25.-30. Aug. -00	Chechen rebels	SA-7	0/0	Unreported	Federal helicopters fired on. All missiles miss
7. May -00	Chechen rebels	Unknown	2/0	Su-24MR	Shot down in the southern Chechnya
31. March -00	LTTE	Unknown	40/0	An-26	Transport downed, possibly by MANPADS
10. Nov. -99	FARC	Unreported	5/0	DC-3	FARC mistakenly downs civilian craft, press says
4. April –99	Hizbolla	SA-7	0/0	F-16`s	Two missiles fired on Israeli F-16`s. Both miss
6. March -99	PKK	Unknown	20/0	Puma helicopter	Shot down in southern Turkey
2. Jan. -99	UNITA	Unknown	14/0	C-130	UN plane shot down in central Angola
26.Dec. -98	UNITA	Unknown	9/0	C-130	UN-chartered plane shot down in central Angola
15. Dec. -98	UNITA	Unknown	10/0	An-12	Shot down enroute to Luanda
10. Oct. -98	Tutsi rebels	Possible SA-7	40/0	Boeing 727	Aircraft struck over DR of Congo
13. Aug. -98	LTTE	Unknown	0/0	Kfir rekognoseringsfly	Missiles fired by rebels. No damage
1. Dec. -97	KLA	Strela 2M	5/0	Yugoslav Air Transport	Serb reports KLA shootdown of craft near Pristina
7. Oct. -97	LTTE	Unknown	0/0	Mi-17 transports	Missiles reportedly fired from Tamil rebell boats
10. Nov. –97	LTTE	Unknown	2/2	Mi-17 transports and Mi- 24 ”Hind”	Missiles fired at ”helicopter convoy”
20. Aug. -97	LTTE	Stinger	0/0	Kfir fighters	Miss over Puliyankulam
18. May -97	PKK	SA-7	2/0	Super Cobra	Skutt ned under operasjoner i Irak
May -97	PKK	SA-7	11/0	Cougar transport	Shot down during operations in Iraq
22. Jan. -96	LTTE	Unknown	39/0	Mi-17	Unconfirmed MANPADS
30. April -96	LTTE	Unknown	94/0	Unknown	Two Air Force transports downed
April. -96	Hizbulla	Unknown	0/0	UAV	Unconfirmed MANPADS

*The DHL story deserves more publicity. The crew`s actions are comparable to those by Capt. Al Hayne`s crew and their much publicised crash landing in Sioux City, also without hydraulics, in 1989.

There is also reason to remind the reader about two shoot downs of American “Blackhawk” helicopters in Somalia in 1993. The rebels used traditional  RPG`s, Rocket Propelled Grenades. Several guerrilla/terrorist organisations are known to have specialised in the use of RPG`s in the SAM role against counter insurgency aircraft flying below 1000`. Never the less, the most infamous shoot downs by MANPADS are the two Vickers Viscounts operated by Air Rhodesia which in 1978 and 1979 were shot down by rebels and more than 100  people perished. In