BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS
DATE:
11/12/2008
Belarus scraps obsolete portable air defense systems
Belarus has destroyed its remaining 15 Strela-2M portable air defense systems under an agreement with a European security body, the Defense Ministry said on Monday.
The scrapping procedure had been carried out by a special demolition unit in the presence of experts from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
The Soviet-made 9K32M Strela-2M (SA-7 Grail) is a man-portable, shoulder-fired, low-altitude surface-to-air missile system with a high-explosive warhead and passive infrared homing guidance. It is broadly comparable to the U.S. Army FIM-43 Redeye.
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http://www.yourdefencenews.com/belarus+scraps+obsolete+portable+air+defense+systems_18178.html
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