surface-to-air

• “Who do you think will be taking out Gaddafi's surface-to-air missiles and other antiaircraft infrastructure?”

  The Washington Post: That U.N. no-fly zone

• “It is very, very complicated and it will be expensive and possibly dangerous because the Libyans have - at least on paper - at least 200 surface-to-air missiles, some of them very capable, older systems, particularly the Soviet SA-6.”

  Voice of America: US Military Planners Consider No-Fly Zone Over Libya

• “But of course, if there is just one surface-to-air missile that is of a decent enough range, and is active, then that does present a threat.”

  Voice of America: US Military Planners Consider No-Fly Zone Over Libya

• “Gadhafi's helicopters pose a more serious threat to rebels, who have no air power and limited surface-to-air defenses.”

  The Wall Street Journal: U.S. Debates Libya Action

• “Libyan aircraft violating the no-fly zone could be intercepted using ships armed with SM-2 surface-to-air missiles and fighter aircraft armed with AIM-120 air-to-air missiles, which can hit targets beyond visual range.”

  The Wall Street Journal: No-Fly Zone, No Problem

• “And these systems would be particularly effective if Libyan rebel forces simultaneously employ shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles, which are best against low-flying targets.”

  The Wall Street Journal: No-Fly Zone, No Problem

• “If a no-fly zone is imposed, the U.S. and its allies would, as a likely first step, destroy at least some of Libya's air defenses, composed mainly of Russian-built SA-6 surface-to-air missile sites, and radar installations.”

  The Wall Street Journal: U.S. Debates Libya Action

• “The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary of its kind used by the United States Army and several allied nations.”

  Matthew Yglesias » A Piece of the Action

• “Prosecutors also alleged that Mr. Pouryan, one of the U.S. citizens charged in the alleged plot, met with an informant and discussed providing surface-to-air missiles, anti-tank missiles, grenade launchers, AK-47s and M-16s.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Prosecutors Charge 7 Men With Trying to Help Taliban

• “The complaint also accuses some of the men of agreeing to sell surface-to-air missiles, among other weapons, to the Taliban in an effort to protect the organization's purported heroin labs against the American war effor t.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Prosecutors Charge 7 Men With Trying to Help Taliban

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