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Old September 14th 03, 11:58 PM
Guy Alcala
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TJ wrote:

"Guy Alcala"

And perhaps more importantly, Iraq among others operated them. At least,

they were operational and used during DS, although
how operational they'd remain after a decade of sanctions is arguable.

Guy


The Iraqi's still continued to fire Roland at Coalition manned and unmanned
aircraft operating in the NFZs. I've seen 2002 footage of a Roland launch
against a Predator in the SNFZ. Numerous Rolands and associated vehicles
have been found since the fall of Baghdad.


Thanks for the info. One wonders if the Roland is just fairly reliable, they
had lots of spares, they cannibalized a lot, and/or they were able to get
replacements around the sanctions. Anyone know what the "use-by" shelf life of
the Roland missile is?

Guy

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Old September 13th 03, 05:36 PM
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Hi,

The US also have a homebuilt SA-15 "TOR".
It was sent to France for the Electronic Warfare exercice "Mace X" a
couple of years ago.

Actually the US (I don't know the name of the unit) have lots of
foreign equipments to play with. (I just have learnt today they even
bought a couple of Flankers to Bielorussia !)

Paul Wilczynski

On 12 Sep 2003 12:35:46 -0700, (miso) wrote:

Hope this isn't a dupe, but I didn't see last nights post show up.
http://www.lazygranch.com/sa.htm

 




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