Syrian army will again use man-portable air defense systems. On the Internet the first time in several years there was a picture fighter of government troops to MANPADS "Igla-1", writes the Russian newspaper.
Until recently, such a weapon could only be seen in the hands of illegal groups of militants. As a result, their use has been knocked out a significant number of helicopters and aircraft of various types and purposes.
Source of income MANPADS to terrorist groups, usually, They were captured by the army warehouses, and foreign sponsors. We are talking about mobile complexes "Igla", "Strela-2", FN-6 Chinese and North Korean HT-16PGJ (Latest nahodylys lysh in the arsenals of SAA).
Earlier, Pyongyang has acquired a license to manufacture these weapons. According to some reports, systems HT-16PGJ produced so far, little of, they undergo modernization.
With regard to delivery systems from abroad, it was not a mass phenomenon. Western curators rightly feared, MANPADS that may, Sooner or later, It will appear in the other hot spots, for example in Afghanistan, where they will be applied already on the NATO aircraft.
