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By comparison with the war in Afghanistan, the Syrian air force has suffered very few losses of helicopters and planes. Apparently their foreign arms suppliers have not provided them with MANPADS. Why is that? List of Soviet aircraft losses during the Soviet–Afghan War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Soviet_aircraft_losses_during_the_Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War The following is a partial and unofficial list of helicopter and airplane crashes that occurred during the Soviet war in Afghanistan of 1979–89. In total, at least 333 helicopters and 118 jets crashed during the war.[1] A leading cause of lost aircraft was due to the introduction of the Stinger Missile System the FIM-92 Stinger aMan-Portable Air-Defense System (MANPADS) notably in the references written in Charlie Wilson's War. * * * * * * It is widely agreed that ISIS in Syria is headquartered in Raqqa. Has the Syrian air force been bombing Raqqa? How does that bombing compare with the bombing of Aleppo? ken h _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
