A complete SA-7 system shown in a screen grab from the Facebook profile of Obaida Elwani. Facebook.com
In Syria, Potential Threat to Government Air Power Emerges -- At War/New York Times
For the first time since the conflict in Syria began last year, an activist opposed to President Bashar al-Assad has publicly presented possible evidence that the antigovernment forces have obtained a heat-seeking, shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missile.
The photograph at the top of this post, which was published on the Facebook page of Obaida Elwani on Tuesday, shows a complete SA-7 system, an early member of the Stinger class of weapons.
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My Comment: I commented earlier today that the Syrian rebels were now possessing weapons that could bring down helicopters and low flying jets. If the above picture is accurate .... and I suspect that it is .... the civil war in Syria is now entering a very different and even more lethal stage.
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