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Around 5000 ground-air missiles disappear from Libya

Benghazi, Libya - But according to estimates these could be more

It seems that more than 5000 ground-air missiles, which could even reach 10,000 according to the NATO military committee, disappeared from the arsenal of Colonel Gheddafi, which consisted of nearly 20,000 rockets made in Russia or Bulgaria. Their disappearance was denounced by NATO and the national transitional council, specifying that "More than 14,000 of these missiles have been used, destroyed,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1134431
Rome, Italy, 10/03/2011 17:07
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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